The document lists various Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use to engage students, including teacher blogs, forums, wikis, and bookmarking sites. Examples are provided of how individual teachers are using blogs, wikis, and other tools in their classrooms. A wide range of specific websites and resources are also listed that provide teacher blogs, math blogs, wiki samples, school climate blogs, blog templates, guidelines for safe student blogging, and ideas for using blogs in different grade levels and subject areas.

1. Web 2.0 Tools
Suggestions of tools a teacher may use to engage students in learning are listed below.
GotoWeb2.0 – free and subscription sites that promote interactivity with learning
http://www.go2web20.net/
Teacher Blogs for parents and students:
• http://community.scholastic.com/scholastic?category.id=TeacherBlogs
• http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
• http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/class.htm
• http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/
Mr. Tubbs, fifth grade teacher, great example of teacher blog
http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2007/07/learning-about-variables-with-digital.html
Math Classroom Blog
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/classroom_blogs.html
Forum Examples
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/forums.html
Wiki Samples:
http://westwood.wikispaces.com/
School Climate Blog
http://blogs.csee.net/?gclid=CLfM9PuZ1J8CFRE55Qod_jL6bw
Use the Categories list in the right side bar to select a blog of your interest.
21 Classes website for blogging with students
http://www.21classes.com/
Free with samples of how some teachers are using blogs with their students.
Links to school Bloggers
http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
Educational Blog
http://www.educationalblog.com/
Blogger – create your own blog free
https://www.blogger.com/start
Sample blog: http://ewix.wordpress.com/
http://wordpress.org/ download word press for use

2. Blog about blogging ethics http://www.responsibilityproject.com/blog/post/blogging-
on-the-brink-time-to-set-standards/?
src=keyword_s=ggl_K=GuidelinesForBlogging_C=Responsibility_G=BloggingBrink_Guidel
ines_M=broad
One teacher’s rules for safe blogging
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/blog-rules-respect-inclusion-learning-and-safety/
Another teachers rules for safe blogging
http://budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blogging_Rules
How to use Blogs in Grades 3-5
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749958
Blog ideas for the classroom
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogideas1.cfm
How to Use Blogs in the Classroom
http://secondlanguagewriting.com/explorations/Archives/2006/Jun/HowtoUseBlogsint
heClassr.html
33 ideas for using a blog in the classroom
http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/ways-to-use-blogs-in-your-
classroom-and.html
The Cool Cat Teacher – lots of ideas for Web 2.0 tools in the classroom
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-skype-in-classroom-or-just.html
Blogmeister – free blogs
http://classblogmeister.com/
Classroom wikis
• Sites to See: Get Wild About Wikis!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites079.shtml
• How can I use a wiki in the classroom
http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Wikis
• How we use wikis in class
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/How+we+use+wikis+in+class
• 50 Ways to use wikis in a more collaborative/interactive way
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-
collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

3. • Wiki ideas from Teachersfirst
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm
• Create your own wiki site for free
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Here are some popular bookmarking sites for you to explore:
• http://delicious.com
• http://www.diigo.com
• http://digg.com
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter - http://twitter.com/
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
Second Life - http://secondlife.com/whatis/?sourceid=0909-sergoog-slSecondLife-
wisl&gclid=CMzO3OCZkKACFVZS2godjH5LeQ
EFL/ESL learning
http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/
song lyrics – Interesting way to help ESL students learn English
http://2hats.net/yl/
Sample Whitney Huston “I will always love you”
 not working …but good idea for digital story telling. 5 card story -- designed to foster
visual thinking
http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/show.php?id=1077
Write your autobiography
http://www.biographicon.com/
http://www.mynoteit.com/
Notetaking site- set up courses, take notes, track assignments, lots of external tools.
Takes time to set up, has some value for organizing your assignments and notes.
http://docs.google.com/#

4. online storage of documents, can be shared with others, used for presentations, etc.
http://numsum.com/
sharable web spreadsheets.
Web Notes – free for lite www.webnotes.net
Wordahead – vocabulary sites – video, teachers, forum, study room, word lists,
http://vocabahead.com/VocabularyVideos/Videos/TabId/59/VideoId/558/Default.aspx