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This is an awesome site for book lovers! It allows you to browse through popular books, which I love to do, just to see what people are reading for an idea of what to read next. Then you can put books that you own on your "shelf". You can then have friends and share actual books with each other, if you live nearby. It is also a great place to read ratings on books. It then links you to Amazon and other libraries where you could check our or buy the books! You can also put your "bookshelf" on a blog to show off your interests to all your friends.

This site has lots of research, hints and FAQ's about block scheduling. It would be helpful for planning a schedule change, finding staff development ideas, or improving teaching methods.

This site shares innovative ways on how to teach creative writing and gives examples for each style.

This site allows users to create stories using pictures. You can collaborate with another person, or work on your own. I think this would be a great tool for those students who need help/ideas to get them started with their writing. It's also nice because they can see their story come to life like a real book.

Find links to web 2.0 applications that might be useful in the classroom.

This site can be used to make a video out of your music and pictures. What a great way for students to take photographs of their work or assignments and make them into a video. \n\nFor example, in a science lab pictures could be taken of the lab and directions to make a video of how the lab should or should not work. \n\nAnother idea might be to take photographs of a two hour game every ten minutes or at pertinent times and then a video could be made of the event to show \n\n

Animoto is a great program that allows you to upload pictures, choose music, and wait as a finished product is produced in minutes. You can do a short video for free or get a full subscription and have access to longer videos.

This site offers a variety of math games for students. The site also offers open ended math activities for students and teachers to explore. There is also an ideas page for teachers and educators.

This is a fun website for creating picture frames, animations, word montages, creative messages, custom images and more. You can invite friends to share ideas and work. This could easily be used for creative work in the classroom.

You can use this website for digital photo editing and creative work. Some things you can create include: CD covers, captions, wallpaper, trading cards, badges, maps, jigsaw puzzles, mosaics, and posters. Students could create trading cards for characters in books or biography projects.