First of all, Etsy is AWESOME! It is the ebay for crafty folks. I am not a fashion person, but I am obsessed with handmade jewelry and bags. That's not my main "find," but I had to give Etsy a shout-out!
(But, what a cool way to teach students about business- maybe in Home-Ec! Have students create something and then sell it in a real world setting!)
I chose wikispaces as my neat-o Web 2.0 find! I consider myself to be fairly web and computer savvy, but I had NO IDEA what a "wiki" was. I never stopped to wonder why Wikipedia is a wiki-pedia. (By the way, Wikipedia gets a totally bad rap. I am not saying using it as a resource in research is a great idea, but I admit that I usually use it as a starting place...and it's never been wrong for me. I am not saying it never will. I'm just saying it's a generally cool place!)
So, a "wiki" is a website where a lot of different users can edit the content. This specific wiki hosting site is geared toward teachers, too. This would be a great way for students to work in a group on projects and the like (great for students with interpersonal intelligence!). I want to teach 4th grade, and I have no doubt that 4th graders could handle this...in fact, I have to ask my five year old to fix the sound on my computer ALL THE TIME! Amazing!
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