This article describes positive ways in which technology can enrich the classroom as well as barriers educators will need to overcome. I liked this article because the author gave their opinion on the challenges we will face with this technological generation and how to prepare yourself as an educator.

This website is the place where you can nominate technological tools for awards. I like this site specifically for wikis because you can see a list of wikis nominated for how well teachers implemented them into their lessons as well as the award winners for past years. This not only inspires teachers to use wikis in creative ways like these award winners, but also gives a list of wikis that are good enough to be used in the classroom.

This is a website showing a teacher's 100 web tools idea bank. I liked this site because not only did it give a ton of great tools and websites but it also gave a cool idea for teachers to create their own idea bank for lesson planning.

This website includes web resources, lesson plans, and units in a "user-friendly" way. Easy to figure out and search though, this site is clear and to the point with a lot of helpful resources.

This blog follows the authors journey through learning about instructional technology. You follow him through discovering the variety of tools and applications as well as seeing his thoughts on each one. He ends up touching on any type of educational technology you can think of. This blog would be extremely helpful for teachers because you can search any topic and read his thoughts and research behind it.

This is a blog rated as one of the best technological discussion boards on the web at this time. It is a blog used to describe and debate new technologies in the classroom. A teacher could use this to get a well-known professional outlook on new programs and technological theories in education.

This might be of use for a teacher in need of ideas in which to implement more technology into a curriculum. This site lists a ton of technological ideas that could work with other means of instruction to create more depth within a lesson.

This blog suggest multiple ways in which a wiki can effectively be used within the classroom. The author goes in depth about each and really gives you insight on the tool. Teachers can view this blog to gain ideas or spark new ones.

This website is a helpful resource for teachers with topic such as: using wikis for the first time, using wikis for specific purposes, and how to introduce wikis to students. It is a site that would be perfect to look over to gain more information on the tool before you begin implementing it into the curriculum.

This blog post is from a woman who decided to make her own list of the most useful web 2.0 tools in the Elementary School Setting. If you want to see a list made from a teacher herself, this will give you better insight on which tools work the best!

This is a website full of resources for educational purposes. Teachers can use this site to look for internet sources for collaboration, blogging, research, etc. There is a list of over 200 resources including a detailed explanation.

This is an article discussing a new Ipad App called "Spin" which allows students to hold a online, collaborative discussion while viewing multiple videos at once. This is said to be the new "Skype" allowing communication and interactive discussion to occur throughout the world with one application. Something for teachers to look into for their own classrooms one day! This application seems like it might have a future in our schools.

This was an interesting article I came across talking about stats and information regarding smart boards in school. I've always been really intrigued with this new technology and if it will take off in schools over the nation!