Personal Learning Network Info Spreadsheet (this link will take you to the group results for the survey you just completed)
Social Networking
21st Century Communication
Social Networking in Plain English
Microblogging
Twitter? Is that thing still around?
Maximize your Twitter experience
Social Bookmarking
What is Social Bookmarking?
Online Photo Sharing
Photosharing in Plain English
RSS Aggregators
Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts
Publishing & Streaming
- SlideShare (presentation sharing / slidecasting)
- Slideroll (presentation / media sharing)
- Vimeo (presentation / media sharing)
- SlideRocket (presentation / media sharing)
- YouTube (video hosting, networks, groups)
- VodPod (video aggregating/sharing)
- UStream (live and archiveed streaming video channel)
- TeacherTube (video hosting, networks, groups)
- SplashCast (media channel)
- Omnisio (presentation / media sharing)
- Shelfari (DEN Shelfari Group) (shared reading lists and affinity groups)
- Delicious Library (Library Monster) (shared reading lists)
- LibraryThing (shared reading lists)
- Books I Am Reading (shared reading lists)
- Good Reads (shared reading lists)
- Scribd (text publishing)
- Wikispaces (wiki)
- PB Wiki (wiki)
- WetPaint (wiki)
- Google Docs (productivity suite - documents, spreadsheets, data forms, presentations)
- Zoho (productivity suite - documents, spreadsheets, data forms, presentations)
- JotForm (create online forms to collect data and populate spreadsheets)
- Box.net (file sharing and publishing)
- Bubbl.us (graphic organizers and flow charts)
Video Resources
Video Gallery powered by Vodpod
Charging Your Networking Batteries
Here are a few simple suggestions for expanding your PLN:
- Join a Professional Group associated with your teaching specialty
- Gather information that interests you by using one of the RSS feeds listed above
- Subscribe to a Professional Journal, or, better yet, offer to write an article for them!
- Find an Educational Blog you like, read it & COMMENT regularly! Two great places to find out about blogging in education are:
- Supportblogging.com
- Edubloggerdir.blogspot.com
- Learn more about Professional Learning Communities
- Join one of the Online Book Clubs described above
- Join one of the Social Bookmarking groups discussed above
- Join Twitter- it's a Personal Learning Network in your pocket!
- Join an Online Educator Network
- ex. Discovery Educator Network
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