http://www.go2web20.net/ 
 
This is a complete Web 2.0 directory. You can subscribe to the RSS feed so you receive notice when it's updated. 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

http://leswordwall.wikispaces.com/Super+Story+Word+Wall 
 
This teacher is using a wiki to create word walls. This particular word wall is for common words that you would find in a story about super heroes or villians. Action words, super hero names, and other words that you might find in a comic book or super story are welcome. 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

Teachade 
http://www.teachade.com/ 
 
This is a site that takes advantage of the newer Web technologies to allow a community of teachers to share their resources, create online learning communities, add colleagues to their list, easily host a Web-based calendar, and other tools to encourage collaboration and communication; free, but you must register. 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

Will Richardson, Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ and "Learner in Chief" at Connective Learning, has an awesome blog site about blogging in education: 
 
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ 
 
He has also made public his Bloglines list of Weblogs in Education -- blogs of educators who are exploring ways to integrate blogs into their curricular areas: 
 
http://bloglines.com/public/wrichard 
 
Check it out! 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

Portable Freeware Applications 
http://www.portablefreeware.com/all.php (PC Applications) 
http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps (Macintosh Applications) 
 
These sites gives you a categorized list of hundreds of freeware programs that "can be extracted to any directory and run independently without prior installation." This means these programs can be installed on a USB flash drive or flash memory card, burned to a CD-R, and copied from PC to PC by simply copying the files. 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

When I began working at ITSCO, one of the first "best educational sites" I heard about what Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. While I have continued to point teachers to her guide, I hadn't taken time, myself, to keep up with the latest and greatest in her virtual world.  
 
Last week when I was doing some research, I spent some time checking out her resources. One of my favorite new things she has is a blog. When you get a chance, check it out: 
 
http://kathyschrock.net/blog/ 
 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro

I wrote this essay a while back. I'm tickled to be sharing it with you as a podcast. Just click on the "favorites.m4a" link below to download....it's about 3 minutes long. Hope you enjoy it!  
 

Posted by: Susannah Azzaro
Podcast: favorites.m4a