Web+2.0

=Web 2.0 =

"What is Web 2.0?" you ask. Go [|here] to get more information. Then come back and read more about what I've discovered when I explored just the tip of the tip of the tip of the Web 2.0 iceberg.

To find some great Web 2.0 sites, try [|All My Faves] or [|Go 2 Web 2.0]. I especially like Go 2 Web 2.0 because you can search by tags, which comes in handy at times.

The coolest, most useful thing I found when browsing around was [|Eduslide]. This site allows you to create educational content and deliver that content online. It appears that you can make your courses public, password protected or private, and the best thing of all is that it is FREE! I can see where a teacher could create some mini-classes that their students could access online from school or home. I also think that students could create classes to demonstrate their understanding of a topic they have studied. You have to create a user account, but that is easy to do. I'll post more information when I've had a chance to play with this application a little bit more.

===Here are some other sites I found that seem to fit into the Web 2.0 paradigm and might be useful in an elementary classroom. ===


 One website to use with kids in the classroom is [|PBS Kids]. What I especially like about this site is the games. Because of the content of the games, they are very appropriate for use in the classroom. I also like that there are games for most, if not all, of the kids shows on PBS.

Another Web 2.0 site I found is [|E-Learning for Kids]. This organization is a global, non-profit dedicated to providing educational content for kids throughout the world. There are learning activities for science, language arts, math, health and life skills, computer skills and the English language.

The [|Wednesday Web Challenge] isn't really for classroom use, but it has some wonderful information on many of the Web 2.0 tools available for educators to use.