Web 2.0 Tools:

Definition: Web 2.0 tools are a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. This Web site was created using one of these tools, PBwiki. There are thousands of these free tools on the Internet, and the list below is only a sampling. Feel free to add to the list ones that you have tried.

Short video - Wikis in Plain English.
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

RSS Feeds - What is RSS? short simply video
http://www.commoncraft.com/shows/technology

Social Media Tools
Blogmeister - A free blogging tool from David Warlick's Website. This tool was recommended by several educators because it has some teacher controls built into it.
http://classblogmeister.com/

Blogger - One of the Google tools for educators that allows you to create a blog.
http://www.google.com/educators/p_blogger.htm

Flickr- a place to post and share digital photos online. You can associate a "Creative Commons" license with your photo(s), to grant people the right to use your work under certain circumstances. (Note: The picture at the top of the page was one of these pictures.) Picasa - A free software download tfrom Google that enables you and your students to find, edit and share all the pictures on your PCs. It also offers the Web Albums feature, which enables you to easily upload photos from your computer to the web for sharing with others.
http://www.flickr.com 

Del.icio.us - Free online bookmarking tool.
http://del.icio.us/

Odeo Studio - a free tool that allows students to record their own podcasts. You just sign up for a free account, have your microphone connected, hit record and away you go.
http://studio.odeo.com/create/home

UTUBE - a place to post your own videos. Search for "MacArthur Foundation" to see some good educational videos about how students are changing because of digital media.
http://www.youtube.com/

Mash-up & Filters
Clustr Maps -Cluster maps are a way to track where people who have visited your site are located. You cannot add it to a pbwiki.
http://clustrmaps.com/

Web Top Applications
PBWiki - An easy-to-use Web page that multiple people can edit. It's as easy as a peanut butter sandwich to make and that's why it is named PBwiki.
http://pbwiki.com/

Examples & More Information
What does Web 2.0 Offer Educators - Web-Based Tools of the Trade - Susan Brooks-Young
Excellent author & speaker. Many good links and articles on her site.
http://sjbrooks-young.com/id113.html

NWOET B.E.S.T. 2006 Winner Tim Kohl from Holgate School District has some examples of student blogs, and some good information about using them in education.
http://www.nwoca.org/~hol_www/kohlsweb/r4ejournals.html

Article: "Make Way for Wikis" - by By Eric Oatman - School Library Journal, 11/1/2005
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6277799.html

Will Richardson's Class Blog about the book by Sue Kidd Monk - The Secret Life of Bees. - See how his students used this blog.
http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/secretlifeofbees/

8th Grade American History Class - Blog example
http://guerrillaseason.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html

Elementary Blog Examples
http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/reinhart/

UTUBE student created video about the Web browser "FireFox."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HfzZP2zbAeQ

Podcasting Educational Examples - listen to podcasts created by students
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001936.shtml