I have come across the following wikispaces that list some great web 2.0 technologies that can be used in the classroom with one computer or many. Some of the pages also list art technologies that can be easily adapted to the musical classroom.

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools:
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Music+Tools

Keyarts:
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I found this great quote (great to me) from a thesis paper I was reviewing the other day...
Hickey (1997) makes an analogy between music and visual arts to demonstrate the exclusion of improvisation and composition in schools: In order to learn to paint, fifth grade students are given paint sets and are asked to paint only by numbers and to stay in the lines at all times. They would proceed to paint in this manner for their entire stay in arts education. She suggests that music education uses th… Continue

Yes, believe it or not we can have fun in a psychology course. Every summer I get to work with K-12 music teachers to share ideas about how students learn, how to reconsider how we package our content and activities to best match this, and to swap war stories about things we've tried. It's often eye-opening (for both sides) and immensely rewarding for me (and I hope for them). My hope is that teachers don't simply keep doing the same things they started with...think about it, consider what might… Continue

John sent me a link to a few Wordle exercises his students did awhile back - and they're too good to pass up. Here's the link to one of them. The idea is that each student provides a word that describes a subject, but the key is that it's from their perspective, not something memorized from a textbook. This reveals very interesting opinions and thoughts from their side, which is crucial to knowing where they stand.
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When we talk about great ideas like having students collaborate and publish rich content in blogs, wikis, etc, educators are often understandably concerned about security - do we really want students' stuff available out there? In some case the answer is YES - that's the whole point, so they can get feedback from people in the community, such as professionals in a particular field. However, often we need a system that provides the power of Web 2.0 tools, but within a secure, closed system. Googl… Continue