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This site provides some great articles about assessment and testing. There are also blogs and articles about professional development, how to incorporate technology in to the classroom, and leadership.

This is a magazine that shares resources and strategies in education. It also is used as a professional development tool to help with the newest technologies. A great website for all educators to learn about the newest technologies.

A site for webinars, blogs, videos and current events in tech and learning. I like this site because it has reviews of new tech and also has a professional development section in how to implement tech in the classroom and in the school in general.

Education Oasis is an online "oasis" for teachers, administrators, and parents to visit to get ideas, information, and inspiration for their students. The site provides graphic organizers, printables, bulletin boards, lesson plans, subject resources, and instructional and classroom management tips and tricks. Links are provided for articles on various educational topics, as well as websites for teachers and students. It also shares book reviews and book lists for children and teens.

Super Teacher Tools has many free classroom review games and classroom management tools, including Flash Jeopardy.

Blog for teacher librarians. connects to other blogs, YouTube videos embedded, reviews of student literature, etc.

This site is a must for school librarians. View blogs, free webcasts, sign up for free newsletters, read current book reviews and so much more!

This site has tons of information for those wanting to use blogs in the classroom. The blogs are geared specially for anyone in the field of education. You can find tips on how to manage your blogs and how to get students involved.

This is a cool platform for those who would like to experiment with classroom blogs. I liked it for my students because unlike other platforms like Blogger and Word Press, the students do not have to have an email account to sign in.

You may have seen this before, but I thought it would be worth it to look at the site again from the PD perspective.

This site provides 3-5 daily links to new resources from all over the web.

In these financially tight times, everyone could use a little something that's free! Great technology ideas for free tools.

This blog has links to free technology resources for teachers!

Bright ideas is a blog where school library staff share ideas on how they can use Web 2.0 tools in their library and in their school. Tons of links and resources for book reviews, collaborative tools, Creative Commons websites, cybersafety, e-books and magazines, e-portfolios, feature use of Web 2.0 tools, and much more. This site was the first runner up in the 2009 Edublog Awards for Best Library Blog.

This site would be a great tool to use in the classroom (or in a library). A "wallwisher" wall allows everyone to communicate on a "wall" answering a question you have posed. Using sticky notes, those in the class answer on the virtual/visual wall. The wall I built asked the question, "what are you reading and what do you like about it so far?" Students can answer with both words and images. Therefore, it is my hope students will upload a picture of the book cover and give a quick review of the book based on what they have read so far. You can design the color/design of the wall. I found this tool to be lots of fun and it could be used in many ways in a classroom or library. Wallwisher could definitely be used to inspire collaboration and communication.

This is an online notice board maker where you can post announcements, greetings, jokes; just about anything you would want to put on a Post It. I think this would be a great tool for students to use in a note taking assignment. This would be fun to collaborate multiple students' posts and try to combine them randomly to create a funny poem or short story.

Great for students and teachers. You can communicate with other classes in the same grade. The teacher is the manager of the student blogs for it is very safe. There is also advance privacy available. The students can upload text, photos, and videos. Easy and fun!

Teachers can host and manage blogs for your students, use a Class Homepage to communicate with students, review capabilities of entries, and it offers advanced privacy. Students get fully featured blogs to upload text, photos, or insert videos, fun learning experience, customizable visibility and comment settings, and no e-mail address required.

The Horn Book magazine features reviews of books for children and young adults. This site includes several Classroom Tips for promoting the love of reading and reading skills. Includes podcasts featuring conversations with authors, illustrators, and editors.

This site offers teachers resources in lesson planning, professional development and tech integration. There are also links to resources for administrators and issues concerning our schools.

This site has a professional development section. Some articles have suggestions for new teachers, strategies for classroom management, bullying, and character education to name a few.

This is a place where teachers can gather and share ideas. This resource includes lesson plans, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, articles written by educational experts, web site reviews, and employment listings. I believe we can all share ideas and build upon those ideas to create lessons that are meaningful to students.

This site pretty much covers it all. It's right on the money with blogs, contests, webinars, reviews, articles, and tutorials on about everything you need to know in regards to technology in educational. Worth a look for sure.

This magazine offers the following items: current issues discussed, new products reviewed, access to forums and blogs; seems to offer the most resources for the time.