Web+2.0+tools+for+Teaching+&+Learning

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Web 2.0 tools for Teaching & Learning There are plenty of tools that are catered for teachers. Online tools and resources have made it easier for teachers to instruct students, and for students to collaborate with teachers, other students and parents.

The following is a list of categories on the tools that can make a teacher's life easier:
 * Aggregators: tools that can use to stay on top of current events including headlines and blogs
 * Bookmark Managers: for building a personal directory where users can tap into sites and materials that have been saved online and share them with others
 * Classroom tools: tools to monitor students' progress and inform parents on their children progress
 * Collaboration: part of teaching is collaboration, these tools allow teachers to communicate and share notes, ideas, work with others
 * Course Management: tools that allow users to create content, to communicate, organize learning and more
 * Office Suites: free online office suite applications
 * Public Content Management: use blogs to teach, to build classroom community, to create class projects and more

//extracted from http://oedb.org/library/features/101-web-20-teaching-tools#coll//

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This link [] talks about how Web2.0 tools can be used to develop students' 21st century skills. It provides some links for each identified skill that teacher could use in their classrooms. The skills that this link identified are: = Spend 20 mins exploring the tools found in the above link =
 * Communication
 * Collaboration
 * Creativity
 * Critical Thinking
 * Information Literacy

Take a look at some of these blogs or sites on the Recommended Web Tools for Teachers 1. Classroom 2.0 2. LiveBinders - The Knowledge Sharing Place 3. Kathy's Guide for Educators 4. Cool Free Tools 5. HubPages - Education 2.0 6. Tools for the 21st Century Teacher = Spend 10 mins exploring the links. =

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