There is a great variety of web 2.0 tools available for teachers to use. Many can be found at go2web20.net
One tool that I especially like is TwistyNoodle. This one is very useful for primary classrooms learning about seasons, letters, and numbers. There are an assortment of drawings and diagrams for children to color. This would be a good assignment for students to complete when they finish their first assignment.
Another useful site is Wiffiti. It posts text messages to a website. You can ask your students a question and they can answer it by posting a text message (or an online post through Wiffiti's site). This gives teachers the opportunity to hear every child's response in a quick period of time. This would be most useful in a classroom where the students are old enough to have their own cell phones.
A useful web 2.0 tool for any grade/class that involves writing is Lulu. It is a self-publishing website that allows students to publish their own books. Older students are very capable of publishing their own book, while primary students may need help navigating the website. Another option for primary grades is for the teacher to create a class book written by the students.
