This document lists and provides brief descriptions of various Web 2.0 online tools that can be used for education. These include blogs for sharing resources; bookmarking tools like Delicious; drawing tools like Gliffy; mind mapping tools like Mindomo; presentation sharing on SlideShare; video resources on TeacherTube and SchoolTube; issue exploration with Trackstar; rubric generation with RubiStar; game and activity creation with ClassTools; slideshow making with FlipTrack; drawing and playback with Imagination Cubed; and photo sharing with Flickr. These tools allow students to work individually or collaboratively online.

1. Web 2.0 Online Tools

2. What is Web 2.0 Web 2.0 tools are a series of online tools that allow you to work on and share information online. Allowing student to work in teams or as individuals.

3. Blogs A form of online communication and discussion

4. eduBlogs Online Teachers Blogs – great for collecting your resources and making them available to your kids online, great to surf other teachers blogs and find some great resources http://edublogs.org My EduBlog - http:// kathswagerman.edublogs.org

6. Del.icio.us Get sick of not being able to access your favourites when not at your computer – try del.icio.us http:// del.icio.us / http://del.icio.us/kathswagerman

8. Gliffy Hand drawing flowcharts what a bummer, and word diagrams – a nightmare, get the kids to gliffy! http://www.gliffy.com/

10. Mindomo Create a Mind Map online – can be saved, shared and viewed online. http://www.mindomo.com

12. Slide share Share your Powerpoints online – students can access them from home Find slideshows that might be relevant to your topic http:// www.slideshare.net / Example: http://www.slideshare.net/kathswagerman/shepparton-cemetary /

14. Teachers Tube Great video resources, designed by Teachers for Teachers http://www.teachertube.com/ Also check out the new - http://schooltube.com/

16. Trackstar Help your students explore any issue – without wasting time – provide them with the website and the questions in an online format http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp Example: http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=200

18. Rubi Star Generate your own rubrics or borrow someone else’s http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

20. Class Tools Create educational games, activties and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! Create educational games, activties and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! http://www.classtools.net/

22. Flip Track Create slideshows online – complete with music and effects http://www.fliptrack.com

23. Imagination Cubed Want to see a students thought process – get them to draw in imagination cubed and watch the playback http:// www.imaginationcubed.com /Imagine

24. Flickr Share your photos online http:// www.flickr.com /