Interested in virtual classrooms? Check out Second Life: http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com/

My county offers this service — Think.com – seems like a parallel package for Gaggle.net.

I can’t say enough about this family of sites: http://www.4teachers.org/tools/. Worth some time in the ol’ schedule.

The BBC has a great online resource for teaching English — quizzes, lesson plans, etc. The best thing about it is probably that the categories are organized by type: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking… (you know the rest). Here’s the link: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/writetry/writing_activites.shtml.

They also have some online games, and although they are decidedly low-level, they may be useful for special ed. or ell students who are struggling: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/.

Digital Storytelling Resources:

• Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
• These Stories in These Pictures: An Easy Guide to Storytelling from the Images We Collect in our Lives
• Center for Digital Storytelling
• Tech Head Stories: Digital Storytelling Web Sites
• MultiMedia & Internet Schools: Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom
• Digital Directors Guild