By Laura Turner

As many readers are now becoming more and more familiar with Web 2.0 tools the following sites may be of interest.  There are now a number of great Web 2.0 Portal sites.  These sites allow you to view and search for a large number of 2.0 tools in the same location.

Classic Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
http://classic.go2web20.net 
Hundreds of Web2.0 tools in a large variety of categories including these categories for educators


Teach Web2
http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com
This site was created and is maintained by a group of curious teachers who explore and brainstorm ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into our teaching.  Some of these teachers meet face-to-face at an independent school in St. Petersburg, Florida. The rest are from all over the world.

Wading the Web2.0   
http://wadingweb2.wetpaint.com/page/web2.0+tools+list
This site has a number of useful Web2.0 tools for educators as well as some other related sites and info.

Web2.0 Cool Tools for Schools
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
This is a portal type site that has a large number of web 2.0 tools for education.

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
This site was created by Sue Summerford.  All sites are categorized to help find Web 2.0 tools that might be of use to the K-12 classroom teacher.

Web 2.0 Teaching Tools
http://web20teach.blogspot.com
This site lists Web 2.0 websites and web tools have potential for use for high school, college and university teaching.

Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines
http://oedb.org/library/features/top-25-web20-search-engines
This site from online Educational Database lists 25 Web 2.0 search engines. Some offer functionality that's slowly making its way into traditional search engines. Others further the attempt to traverse the invisible Web and index other previously unsearchable research sources.

The following are printable booklets that can serve as resource guides to the Web2.0 world:

Conquering Technophobia – Web 2.0 Explained.  A Teacher Resource Guide
http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/web2.0/Web2.0.pdf 

Web 2.0 From Curious to Competent eBook from Tech & Learning
http://newbay.ebookhost.net/tl/atomic/2