This article lists many sites that could be of use for digital storytelling projects and slideshows. Some of them I had never heard of yet and am anxious to try them out!

This may be of interest for those looking to attend a conference for professional development.

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 site provided by the Library of Congress has professional development opportunities for all types of educators: teachers, librarians, administrators, and facilitators. The site allows you to download ready-to-view professional development modules. All of the pd opportunties on the site are standards-aligned.

This blog was started by a staff devleopment team at Austin Community College. It would be a great place for librarians to find professional development opportunities specific to libraries. The site offers information on webinar dates, library-related conferences, e-learning, etc. It is a site I want to return to so I can explore free professional devleopment opportunities for librarians!

This site allows you to search for copyright friendly images. This site helps you to understand what type of copyright license the image exists under and how you can use it. The site allows you to explore through different tabs (Google Web, Flickr, Yahoo, etc.). My favorite is Flickr because of the images and the easy-to-understand copyright symbols and explanations.

This page would be helpful for librarians searching for professional development opportunities. It includes handouts to use in your library, ideas, institutes, online courses, articles about library issues, opportunities for learning, and much more! I had fun exploring this site.

For those of you looking for online professional development, these webinars would be of interest to school librarians. This publishing company offers webinars on "Best Graphic Novels of 2009" and "Beyond the Big 6" among others.