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A site that compares a number of different wiki sites including PBWiki and Wikispaces. Lots of choices.

This resource will be invaluable because it is a comprehensive comparison and includes a favorite tool of mine, the podcast. To the tops of my list.

You Are There - Audio Re-enactments of Famous Historical Event, e..g., Battle of Hastings, 1st Bull Run, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Returns from Elba

Edraw Mind Mapping Software - Mind Maps are visual representations of a concept, idea, a thought process.

I understand the concept and some of the sketching of mind-mapping. But I do not get its value though my intuition says it is a gold mine.

St. Rose of Lima is a Maryland Catholic Elementary School dedicated to providing excellence in education with guidance towards living a responsible fulfilling Catholic Christian life. Located on the border between Northern Anne Arundel County and South Baltimore City, St. Rose of Lima provides an environment for students to develop their full potential.

PECS is a library of images which can be used for a variety of purposes - especially for non or early readers. This is not a library of free images. There are a few samples, but they are merely that. Talk to a Speech & Language person for more information.

Two teacher/professors from the NYC area talking about educational technology. It's a bit "talky" so make sure you have a cup of tea or a glass of wine.

You're "listening in" to two teachers/professors having a discussion on educational technology.

This is a good list with links - which should help fill out the short descriptions. You might want to RSS feed the blog as well. The content is almost always of good quality.

To get a better selection of books, it's best to add a Lexile measure as well as the Range. You can get a Range by using Current Grade and then clicking on one of the three buttons: difficult, just right, easy. Then pick a number within the range, lower to higher, depending on the student, group, or class

US Dept of Education National Online Library of Professional Development Resources - good Special Education resources

A good article on the Changing Role of the Teacher from TeacherNet - session in a Discussion Group

Some of the ideas in this site remind me of a project I did a couple of years back with some gifted 7th graders in composition. Basically, they made a portfolio of their own "loop" compositions from the time they spent creating it on Acid 5 (a music loop-editing program) Sonar, and Audacity and from the chatting they did online using Blackboard (web 2.0) as a tool. If I had to do it today, I could probably work it out in large measure using wikispaces.

Don't miss out on these opportunities to enhance a child's education while encouraging a love of reading with these fantastic book sites.

Wow! This site just illustrates all that is available for free. Take a little time and plan a lesson around one of these books. But make no mistake you have to limit your resource and try out everything first. But hey, that is true of all good teaching, don't you think?

I think this is a great source for kids who do not like to read, which there are many.

A Side of Sims: Suggestions for the Classroom Example: Froguts This site offers online simulations of animal dissections. ($)

some are free, some you have to pay for...lots of great ideas from here though!

Way Cool, Robin! I started a lunch time Computer Game Club for activities like these. We've been doing, Millsberry, Penguin, Neopets, and Runescape. I love Civilization! These also make great after-school activities.Thanks for the suggestions, especially those that integrate into the classroom - Oh, and isn't Edutopia terrific?

Edo Japan tour A tour of Edo (Tokyo) Japan, describing the history of Japan's greatest city. See beautiful ukiyoe images and learn more about Japanese history, Japanese culture and Japanese traditions"> Ken Matsushima

Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.

Thousands of Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources for Teachers ...Thinkfinity is here to help outside the classroom, too... This new Afterschool section provides you with information to help students outside of the classroom.

I will definitely use this site!!! It is already in my favorites at home and I have just sent it to school.

Trish and all, Thinfinity is the primary site we used this summer in the Internet Safety Course. Thinkfinity is a gift from Verizon. Verizon sponsored a contest with netbook winners in our Catholic Schools. Even more important is that Verizon Foundation supports student scholarships. Our local group of Verizon Pioneers gets credit for everyone who links to Thinkfinity through this address: http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx?source=pioneers It is the same as the one you shared but it tracks useage for pioneer credits. Hope lots of folks will add this to school favorites. Carole

We hear a lot about the notion of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, a concept originally suggested by Marc Prensky in a paper by the same name (PDF).  It

Lewis and Clark, the companion Web site to the Ken Burns film, 'Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.'

Neferchichi's Tomb is full of treasure for kids, teachers, & amateur Egyptologists: free clip art & fonts, e-postcards, gift shop, lesson plans, fun & games, and lots of information about Egypt.

A terrific Ning for those of us who wish to continue pursuing these 2.0 tools. Every Wednesday and Saturday they broadcast / podcast live interviews on topics of interest.