Re: Reply: : best new Web 2.0 tool for classroom

I'd also put in a vote for Drupal. We began using DrupalEd (http://www.drupaled.org/) for the Laptop Institute site (http://www.laptopinstitute.com) this summer and have been very happy with the results. We use it for posting conference information and
updates but most importantly it is a tool for teachers and techies to collaboratively work together and promote the spirit of the conference year round rather than just those three days in July. I've also used Elgg which is nice but I think DrupalEd has
a greater amount of flexibility and adaptability since it is built on the Drupal core. Elgg is a bit leaner and has less administrative abilities (for example, to change menus in Elgg you'd have to customize the theme and do a bit of coding whereas with
Drupal/ DrupalEd you have an administrative panel which gives you a GUI to do most of the work).

Bryan M. Berretta
Assistant Director of Technology
Lausanne Collegiate School - Memphis, TN
http://www.lausanneschool.com
Phone: 901.474.1049
SKYPE: bberretta
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Laptop Institute - July 13th-15th, 2008
http://www.laptopinstitute.com
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