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A list of sites for students and teachers to use in the classroom using web 2.0.

The article is a great example of the debate surrounding the use of social networking in schools.

Article discusses the controversy pertaining to whether schools should ban social networking sites or teach students how to use the sites appropriately.

Free site, provides educators with quick access to NYS learning standards. Very easy to use. This site cuts straight to the standards.

Curriculink is a web tool created by Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES School Library System. If you are not a member of this BOCES you can still access the site. The only area you cannnot access is the section for lesson plans. This tab leads to lesson plans written by librarians in this BOCES, you can also create lesson plans in the templates provided. The focus of the site is develop library awarness skills, and lifelong reading skills.

Concrete CMS, developer of next- generation open source solutions for web sites, today announced general availability of concrete5, the latest version of its popular open source Content Management System (CMS). concrete5 combines the ease-of-use of a blogging platform with the flexibility and power of a web development platform. To date, thousands of advertising and creative agencies and web developers around the world have downloaded early versions of concrete5 and used the technology to quickly and inexpensively build sophisticated web sites that can be updated by end users

I usually had a big problem on handling more social media website account. I think most of the users come across the same problem. Recently i had a chance to hear about Pixelpipe. On the very first look i really amazed about the features. Initially this site used to post your digital pictures, videos, and audio files to a growing number of different services with only a few clicks. This site seems to be similar as ping.fm, which allows post to text based messages.

This site lists some bookmarking sites. Twitter is number one! Ah the power of Twitter.

It is interesting to see how many of these sites we have already used in 611. I wonder if we'll hit all 15??

Sites for usage of text messaging in schools

There are many paths to consider when building links to your site or blog such as link baiting or blogroll link swapping, but few are as easy to implement and cost effective as submitting to blog directories - and good link juice is essential to a healthy

Social media allows for an immediate way to interact and engage with people and companies online. There are the obvious sites that allow for social networking, but social media done right can aspire to be so much more. We thought we'd highlight three notable Twiistup showoffs who are doing big things with social media.

The battle over your website's community wages on. Not to be outdone by Facebook Connect and its many great implementations, Google Friend Connect, which previously tacked on Twitter integration, is now getting a bit more social.

From the creators of TwitterCounter - the popular chiclet that displays your Twitter follower count (see our sidebar) - comes TwitterRemote, a very simple widget that functions much like MyBlogLog, except it shows you recent visitors to your site that are also Twitter users.

Google search can be found integrated on tons of sites across the Web, including this one. Now, Google is extending that functionality to the mobile Web, where publishers can now integrate Google search and earn money on the revenue generated from clicks on mobile ads.

In this harsh economic climate, class trips to exciting places like New York City and San Francisco are probably out of many people's reach. But the educational Web site MeetMeAtTheCorner.org offers kids virtual tours of these and other cities without leaving the classroom. And it's all free. 

A new era of change has even come to the White House Web site!

This is another virtual sharing library, can be placed within a website and shows covers of books - great for school library page

Social sharing library that can be embedded on site. Good for school library website.

Social networking site for educators.

Great portal site for LMS resources, including lesson plans

On the AASL site you can download Standards for the 21st -Century Learners This is a must have document for librarians.

There are many examples of rubrics on the site for different projects plus a tool to create your own rubric.