It’s summertime and that means now is your chance to find, test, and embrace new technology to aid learning in the classroom. But where do you start? Lucky for you, the Web 2.0 Ning is working together to figure out exactly which tools are the best for education.

The Best of the Best

Many people offered their top ten choices and here are the ones most mentioned:

1. Google (anything from Google but Docs and Earth is mentioned many times)
   
2. Animoto
   
3. Twitter
   
4. Blogger
   
5. Glogster
   
6. Skype
   
7. Slideshare
   
8. VoiceThread
   
9. WikiSpaces
   
10. Delicious

Add To This List

What do you think? There are hundreds of other tools available and in use right now and this list just scratches the surface. For example, only one person mentioned Facebook. Let us know what tool you can’t live without in the classroom in the comments or by mentioning @edudemic on Twitter!