Google is taking on Wikipedia. I wonder who will win...
Teachers for all levels of students today have so many more teaching aids than even just a few years ago. That's not just because of greater access to the Internet but also because of the growing number of web applications that they can use. Some applications are specifically geared towards teaching and learning. Other applications can be adapted for these purposes. Here's a list of some online applications, listed alphabetically, that we feel are excellent for teachers.
Description: Articles about Web 2.0 applied to Education, e-Learning 2.0, University 2.0. More resources: Universidad 2.0, Web Educativa 2.0. Proudly improved thanks to Biblioteca 2.0 and Cristian Cabezas. The origin of this reader was preparing my speech The Web 2.0 and the role of the University at UOC UNESCO Chair in Elearning Fourth International Seminar: Web 2.0 and Education.
TEACHBITS.COM is a teacher-to-teacher community where you can download, publish, and, with our interactive Content Authoring Tool, even create learning and classroom materials.
This site aims to answer one question: How can I use wikis in education? The site aims to provide:
1. A list of articles and resources that describe how to use wikis in education
2. A comprehensive list of existing educational wikis that we can learn from
3. A place to post ideas and discuss them
This is a collaborative effort so please jump in and contribute.
Coming of Age is a free booklet that describes the use of some of the newer emerging web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS and social tagging in Education. It features case studies and how-to articles by leading practitioners in the world of education
Over time I've developed a list of ten articles that I send to all my new bloggers as part of their initiation. Today I've decided to make one version of that list public in the hopes that new bloggers everywhere can benefit, and maybe we can turn the comment section into a "you forgot this one" list.
When I was in college most of the tools in this round up didn't exist. It was truly the dark ages of education! Well, okay, it was a just a few years ago, but just in this decade, and especially in the last few years, a handful of tools to make school life easier have appeared. What follows is the set of web tools I would put in my backpack were I headed back to school tomorrow.
A database of Web 2.0 applications sorted in different categories.