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Integrating 21st Century Technology Tools** **into the Classroom:**
 * Web 2.0 & Google Tools**

There is a wide variety of //free// technology tools available online; tools which enable you to do everything from collaborating on documents, editing photos, creating online slide shows and sharing bookmarks. //**Collaborating, creating and sharing**// are the very essence of Web 2.0, aka “The Read/Write Web”.

Web 2.0 tools are very adaptable, and can be used at virtually any grade level and across all curriculum areas. Join us as we explore Google Tools and a sampling of other Web 2.0 tools. Be prepared to “think outside the box” to develop strategies for using them to enhance our work with students and to further our own learning! Some of the questions we will consider include:
 * In what ways can students use Web 2.0 tools to share their ideas, knowledge, insight?
 * How can these tools be used to support higher level thinking skills?
 * How can I harness the power of Web 2.0 tools as "teacher tools"?
 * How can these tools support life long learning?
 * What tools and strategies can I use to create a "Personal Learning Network"?