Edmodo is by far one of my favorite 2.0 tools for building collaboration and accountability into lessons. Elementary students, being too young for Facebook, find this fascinating so you don't have to work very hard to pull them into the lesson with this tool. While middle/high school students won't find this tool a new idea they will get pulled in using iTouch/iPads provided by the teacher or student owned. Students love using new technology and don't find them intimidating like their teachers often do. I recently used Edmodo with a group of teachers during Summer U and they too found it interesting. An added bonus is the ability to make assignments, take grades, control who participates, and monitor comments.
I have used Delicious for my personal use as well as with students and teachers when I don't want them to have to type in urls or when I want to make it easy for them to find particular links. However, I've found a new "love it" 2.0 tool! Just like Delicious it is a bookmark keeper that allows the user to access their bookmarks from any computer. Gone are the days of getting home and finding out that the website, blog, or link you need isn't on your home computer but on your work computer. The added bonus to Diigo is that you can highlight text and add sticky notes to mark special information you don't want to forget or overlook. This would be great for student use when they are collecting information for research projects. Another advantage is it is all in the clouds and eliminates lost research notes and folders.
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