By Jennifer Demski  The Journal 07/28/10

Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece.

Ten years into the new century, we’re still trying to find the web 2.0 tools that best facilitate collaboration—one of the fundamentals of 21st century learning. As the number of tools continues to grow, and fuzzy terms like cloud computing, hashtags, and synchronous live platforms are introduced into the lexicon daily, even the most tech-savvy educators can have trouble determining which technologies have a role in a collaborative academic environment and which are simply new toys.

We asked three top ed tech consultants (Steve Hargadon, John Kuglin, Leslie Fisher) to each select three web 2.0 tools they believe are ideal for fostering collaboration in teaching and learning. The result is a compilation of technologies that can “do things of value,” as one of our experts says, in the instructional and professional development realms, and in both the traditional and the virtual classroom.

To read what Steve, John and Leslie have to say, CLICK HERE

Steve Haradon:
Blog: http://www.stevehargadon.com/
Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Twitter: http://twitter.com/stevehargadon

John Kuglin
Website: http://www.kuglin.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jkuglin

Leslie Fisher
Website: http://www.lesliefisher.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lesliefisher