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Ten Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom - guest post by Karen Schweitzer Where to Find Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom Teachers who want to put web 2.0 technologies to work for them can find many different free options online. There are tools for creating online classrooms, social networks, student podcasts, web-based flashcards, elearning modules, and much more. Here are 10 free web 2.0 tools for teachers to try in the classroom this year. Engrade – This popular online classroom community provides a free set of web-based tools for teachers who want to integrate web 2.0 into the classroom.
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Web 2.0 Tools for Math Educators By Laura Turner This is a continuing series on Web2.0 and other web-based tools for educators. This information is specific to math educators, but there is some crossover into science. Math educators will find a large number of useable interactive companion web sites for the teaching of math concepts and skills. Use Evernote to save and sync notes, web pages, files, images, and more Plan your next trip Keep all of your itineraries, confirmations, scanned travel documents, maps, and plans in Evernote, so you’ll have them when you need them.
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How My Students Used Drop.io Today I've written about Drop.io a number of times in the past (here, here, and here) and I continue to find new ways to take advantage of all that Drop.io has to offer. For those readers not familiar with Drop.io, the basic purpose of Drop.io is to provide a simple file, private sharing system. Drop.io gives users the ability to create a page of documents, links, and audio files in a matter of seconds. Today, I gave one of my classes an assignment about the transcontinental railroad, the settlement of the western United States, and the role that "the old west" played in forming the identity of America.
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