1. Visual Thesaurus is an awesome 2.0 web tool, whether you are an English teacher or not. I have found it to be a great vocabulary review site. I have shared the resource with science teachers and the exceptional children's department in my school. They really like the way students can independently work on vocabulary study, including being able to hear the word(s) pronounced.
2. TheJournal.com has a subheading that reads, "Transforming Education Through Technology." I receive free daily email links to wonderful and timely articles and other valuable resources for educators. You can browse by topics or just read important articles aimed at today's classroom, and especially technology in the classroom. As someone who is trying to keep abreast of 21st century teaching, I like what this site offers.
3. TeacherTube is very much like the popular YouTube, only targeted for teachers. The teachers on the videos are regular, hard-working classroom teachers, like me, who are sharing some of their best strategies or practices with the world. If I ever just need a laugh or need to remind myself that I am not alone, I love looking at TeacherTube-- and there are really a lot of great ideas!
4. Edublogs is a blogging site that I discovered and am in the process of trying to implement with my ninth grade English students. I would like for my students to blog, individually, at least once a week.
5. Delicious/edtechlive/mp3 takes you to a social bookmarking site. Yes, there are a lot of political commentaries and the such. But I find tons of articles about current "hot topics" in the field of education: twitter, cell phone use, facebook in the classroom, and other such topics. I find it very interesting and feel that I should keep up with these issues, as they may affect my students and my classroom.
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