Personal+Learning+Networks

Sharing websites and resources with colleagues on Personal Learning Networks:

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This is a wonderful site! It helps you create a PLN with Web 2.0 tools. The site provides you with several sites that will teach you and explain to you how to use Twitter, Plurk, Blogging, RSS Aggregators, Delicious and Diigo, iChat, Skype, Podcasts and Webinars, Wikis and Nings, and Flickr. There is also a nice YouTube video on building a PLN with Web 2.0 tools. (Added by Julie Betz)

2. . [|bethseabreeze] [] (added by Beth Seabreeze) I think this would be a great site to use for Current Events and up to the minute stories (especially in a Government class!) Adding to my PLN.

3. http://mdroots.thinkport.org/default_low.asp (added by Wendy B) A great interactive website for American History where students may, for example, navigate the Cheasapeake Bay, unearth Native American sites in archeological digs, and engage in many other activities that bring Maryland history to life.

4. [|http://brainteasers.org] This site has lots of unique puzzles to get your students warmed up and thinking. I find that the students look forward to a daily challenge-no matter what subject you teach. This site appears to be one good resource for those types of activities.

5. [] ( added by Becky Mahoney) Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers. This site includes creative ideas for using common software programs for classroom activities, daily technology tips and links to other resources. You can subscribe to the RSS feed or a email tip of the day too.

6. http://www.childrenandnature.org/ ﻿(added by Elizabeth Cotton) Children and Nature Network This site offers research and publications on ways to create, encourage and support people and organizations to reconnect children with nature. I have added it my PLN to support my work with outdoor classrooms at my son and daughter's elementary school.

7. www.african.com ﻿(added by Elizabeth Cotton) This site is described as "Always live, always wild- enjoy wild animals in their natural habitats 24-7 at a range of authenticity..." This is one of my sons favorite websites. We have seen amazing things! I think this would be enjoyed by all classrooms.