22 Practical Web 2.0 Teacher's Toolkit contains 22 tried and true ideas and lesson plans for integrating online interactive and creativity tools for high school and middle school. By implementing these ideas as a part of your lesson, teachers will see an uptick in student engagement, interaction, communication, accountability, and most importantly, creativity. Integrating a variety of Web 2.0 apps in the classroom enriches students' learning experiences and encourages them to be contributors to the Internet, shaping the media that is so ingrained in their day-to-day experiences.
Elise Abram is a high school teacher of English and Computer Studies, former archaeologist, avid reader of literary and science fiction, and student of the human condition. Everything she does, watches, reads and hears is fodder for her writing. She is passionate about Second Cup lattes, cooking, writing and language, differentiated instruction and ABC’s Once Upon A Time. In her spare time she experiments with paleo cookery, knits badly, and writes. She also bakes. Most of the time it doesn’t burn. Her family doesn’t seem to mind.