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Through Discovery Schools, Kathy Schrock gives categorized lists sites eductators can visit. Lesson plans, new bloggers, technology assistance.

This blog has a lot of relevant information and addresses everything from good books to read to Facebook to MLA formatting. There is also a good amount of information on transliteracy I found really interesting.

This blog provides great resources and practical ideas for librarians and all those interested in technology. This is a great professional development blog especially for librarians.

Great blog with examples and ideas for lessons that integrate technology.

Social networking at your fingertips! This site allows you to set up, create, and personalize your OWN social network. It's yours. Your brand and visual design. Your choice of public or private. Your very own members. Everything is created by YOU for YOU! Imagine the possibilities with Ning in Education!

I wondered what Ning was! Thanks!

Create and discover social networks for your interests. Connect with people that have the same ideas, beliefs, concerns etc. Create a page that centers around you. This could be used in education to connect to your students and incorporate technology into the classroom. This site could be used in multiple ways within your classroom and district. This would be a great way to connect with your students. I believe that allowing your students to chat on a site like Ning would make them more likely to participate in classroom discussion. Sites like these are the things that our students do everyday.

I enjoy reading Clif's take on educational technology topics. He provides a steady flow of resources and opinions about life.

The Tech Integration section of the Education World website. Provides tips and information from different columnists. Features a different "gadget of the week".

I enjoy learning from administrators that embrace technology in their districts. Bob Lewandowski is a good writer and I appreciate his perspective.

A librarian created this blog in order to answer all the "foreign" questions she is asked. She answers the questions in hopes of teaching others about new technology and how to integrate it into the classroom.

This site gives us a quick overview of what web 2.0 is doing and where it is taking us with technology. It is a video that shows us how far we have come since 1996 working with HTML and now working so much with digital.

This online conference site is used to share your expertise, experiences, and knowledge relevant to the use of information technology in learning, teaching and academic services.

This site is sponsored by SMART Technologies who produce the SMART Board. The site offers a variety of videos featuring SMART Board lessons and tutorials and you can even post your own videos to the site.

This is just the first step in making education and technology more engaging for educators and students! Glogster is also a perfect web 2.0 tool for your learning and your WIKIs. Glogster provides master-accounts for teachers integrating all student accounts, which are kept private! Mix graphics, photos, videos, music and text into slick Glogs.

eLearning eVolution: Transforming Teaching & Learning through Innovative Technology. This edublog gives tips on using technology for your professional development. This would be helpful for your school and district when planning professional development days.

This online conference, which takes place in June, will actually feature a panel of students who speak on their thoughts on the future of technology and education. It would be interesting to check it out to see how teachers are collaborating with students on the issue of future education.

This website describes the tools, resources, and opportunities that the state of New Jersey is using for professional development. There are many interesting resources posted! A great way to see what other states are doing for professional development, how they are incorporating technology, and how they are merging the two areas!

This page is a new, experimental class at Bentley University that Mark Frydenberg's is teaching. Anyone can follow the class through the class blog and through Ustream Videos that are posted on the website. The class is Web 2.0: Technology, Strategy, and Community. The focus of the class is how he learned about Web 2.0, started using it as a knowledge management tool. It also describes how he uses Web 2.0 for professional development.

Tools for classroom teachers to help use technology in the classroom. Integrated for all different subjects.

Similar to the phrase, "If you've got it, flaunt it. If you have Promethean technology in your building or district, be smart and make use of it for professional development.