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These are some links to important websites which might be useful for future teachers:

www.annamariaschaefer.wordpress.com - our instructor's website
www.weebly.com - develop your personal free website
www.delicious.com - create and share socialbookmarks
www.twitter.com -write tweets and follow other people e.g. teachers
www.netvibes.com - create a personalized dashboard
www.tagul.com - create word clouds
www.tagxedo.com - see above
www.wordle.net  - see above
www.abcya.com - see above + provides educational games for children
www.edupad.ch - create a common word document in real time collaboration
www.ietherpad.com - see above
www.bitstrips.com - create comics
www.glogster.com - create a poster online
www.picnik.com - edit photos
www.storybird.com - create short stories
www.learnenglishfeelgood.com - listen to comprehension exercises based on short clips from well-known movies
www.sporcle.com - educational online quizzes and games e.g. Naming the countries of North America
www.learningchocolate.com - memorize vocabulary in a easy way
www.timetoast.com
- create timelines online
www.dragontape.com - create videos by arranging and cutting youtube videos
www.xtranormal.com - make short movies
www.animoto.com - create a video slideshow with music
Audacity - this is a programme you can download (see the link) in order to edit audio files
www.klicksafe.de
- offers background information about safe internet usage for children
www.profilewatch.org - check the privacy score of a facebook account
www.commoncraft.com - offers short video clips which help educators introduce complex subjects  
www.lehrer-online.de - gain a broad overview of not only teaching material, but also teaching ideas as well as complete lesson plans


Here you can explore some additional links, which I found on the internet and which could make your life a little bit easier:

www.todohomepage.com create a to-do list
www.listhings.com - list things by using virtual post-it's
www.pons.eu - online dictionary for over 17 different languages with loads of examples including sound examples for the most widespread languages like English and Spanish

How to use word clouds in a lesson:
www.brighthub.com/education/ - the top 10 ways to use wordle at school
www.boxoftricks.net - use word clouds in a lesson
www.betterlesson.org - create a christmas word cloud
www.khoaanh.net - use word clouds in EFL/ELT

Further links...
www.teachingdegree.org - comics in the classroom: 100 tips, tools and resources for teachers
www.ilearntechnology.com - an edublog about integrating technology into the classroom.
www.internet-abc.de - advertising-free platform for accessing the internet for children, parents and educators
www.jugendmedienschutz.de -  educational media activities etc. for youth media protection
www.jugendschutztrainer.de - test yourself how much you know about the new regulations of the youth protection law