Professional Development - Learning About the Tools

• Classroom 2.0 Wiki- Lots of staff development topics available here

• Open Professional Development - Check this site out for some basic and free staff development

• Resources for Educators Interested in Web 2.0 in the Classroom  (Chris O'Neal)

• Series of YouTube videos on a number of web 2.0 applications (Blogs, Wikis, Google Documents, RSS Feeds, Social Bookmarking, Twitter, and more.... in Plain English)

• An interactive timeline of the History of Web 2.0 and Digital Natives - videos of web 2.0 applications are included.

• Here are a few  sites developed by districts and educators for teachers to learn how to use these tools

  • Academy 20 Schools ( Colorado Springs, Colorado) -

    • http://d20webplayground.pbwiki.com/
    • http://academy2020things.edublogs.org/

  • Boulder Valley Schools ( Boulder, Colorado) -

    • http://bvsd.org/learn/exploratorium

  • Sparta School District - New Jersey -   Workshop Wiki for the Middle and High School

    • Welcome to the Web 2.0 wikispace!