RESOURCES

__**BLOGS AND WIKIS TO VIEW **__  >   __**SITES FOR CREATING BLOGS**__
 * [|Julie Hoekstra's 5th Grade LAL BLog (BAC)] 
 * [|Erica Sonzogni's 4th Grade LAL Blog (BAC)] 
 * [|Monica Whitmore's 5th Grade LAL Blog (BAC)] 
 * [|Web 2.0 Blog for Teachers]
 * [|Dangerously Irrelevant - Ruminations on Technology, Education, and the Future of Our Schools] 
 * T[|he Line - This blog is a “line of words,” exploring lines in education: the lines we read and write, the lines we think along, the lines we picket, the lines we are fed, the lines we draw and cross.] 
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Chalkdust101]
 * [|Support Blogging - has been set up to provide an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others to help promote an understanding of the benefits of educational blogging.]<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Wikipedia] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web 2.0 @ School - Wiki about using Web 2.0 tools at school, links to many example sites and additional tools.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
 * [|EDU Blogs] - FREE AND DEDICATED TO EDUCATORS
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Blogger] - FREE PRODUCT BY GOOGLE
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|TypePad] - REQUIRES PAID SUBSCRIPTION
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|21 Classes] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - FREE AND DESIGNED FOR EDUCATION

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">SITES FOR CREATING WIKIS **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|PB Wiki] __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - FREE AND EASY TO USE
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wiki Spaces <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - FREE - USED FOR THIS WIKI - ONE OF FIRST EMBRACED BY EDUCATORS
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Wet Paint] - NEWER SERVICES FOR EDUCATORS - EMPHASIS OF TOOLS FOR COLLABORATION

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__SOCIAL NETWORKS (NINGS) FOR TEACHERS__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Web 2.0 for Teachers] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Classroom 2.0]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__MISCELANEOUS GOODIES & INTERSTING SITES__** >
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|More "In Plain English" Video Clips]
 * [|TeacherTube (Streaming Videos that WILL Play at School)]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Audacity - Free Software for Recording Podcasts]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Podomatic - Create, Find, Share Podcasts!]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Streaming Video of Celebs Reading Children's Books] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.pageflakes.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - WEB READER/INFORMATION AGGREGATORS - AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES THE WEB CONTENT THAT MATCHES YOUR INTERSTES - CUTS YOUR BROWSING TIME
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://teacher.pageflakes.com/ - PAGEFLAKES FOR TEACHERS
 * [|Digital Native]
 * [|The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology]
 * [|ePals - Resources for connecting with classrooms around the world via the internet]
 * [|Blist] - an online database that is visual and intuitive. Use blist to organize the information that's important to you.
 * [|Google] - Beyond the search engine, click here to see what else Google can do.
 * [|Zoho] - similar to the tools that Google has, uses a wiki rather than a blog
 * [|VoiceThread] - powerful tool to talk about and share images, documents, and videos
 * [|Animoto] - similar to VoiceThread
 * [|flickr] - share your photos
 * [|Real Player] - download videos to avoid buffering frustration