Teachers+Connect

= = = Learning for All: = //Conversations, Collaboration, and Choice Through Technology //

|| * Collaborative Environment
 * =Service= || =Benefits= || =Examples= ||
 * ===__Wikis__===
 * Easy to Use
 * Loads of Embeddable Functions

Ours: Mike's: http://mikefisher.pbworks.com/ Paula's: http://paulawhite.wikispaces.com Becky's: http://acpsipod.wikispaces.com || * [|Twitter4Teachers] || * Facebook-like interface
 * 1) Visual Blooms
 * 2) Voicethread wiki (and [|why you need a PLN] )
 * 3) [|Explaining Wikis] (with JogThe Web.com)
 * 4) Educon
 * [|NetGenEd Project] (Just Launched!)
 * Thinking About Words Through Images
 * [|Projects By Jen]
 * USA Fun Facts
 * Dr. Seuss wiki
 * [|Skype an Author] (Also, [|Skype For Educators]) ||
 * ===__Nings__===
 * Lots of features such as blogs, forums, and notes for multiple opportunities to interact.
 * Embeddable Functions
 * Chat Enabled for further collaboration/conversation

|| * Good for response discussion
 * 1) [|Educators PLN]
 * 2) [|Classroom 2.0] || * [|The English Companion]
 * [|Grown Up Digital] / NetGenEd Project
 * [|ISTE10] ||
 * ===__Blogs__===
 * Online journaling
 * Embeddable Functions
 * Sharing and collaborating around best practices
 * Enhancing each other's professional practice


 * 1) [|@mwacker's Posterous]
 * 2) [|Co Op Catalyst] (Just Lauched!)
 * 3) [|Weblogg-ed]

Ours: [|Digigogy] [|Calculus of the Classroom] [|Reflections of the TZSTeacher] || * [|The Tempered Radical]
 * [|SpeEd Change]
 * [|Angela Maiers Educational Services]
 * [|2¢ Worth]
 * [|Reflection on Practice]
 * [|The Power of Educational Technology]
 * [|Clif's Notes]
 * [|Superintendent's Blog]
 * [|Superintendent's Viewpoint Posts]
 * [|Cliotech Blog]
 * __[|WNY Education Associates Blog]__
 * <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">__[|Cool Cat Teacher Blog]__ ||
 * ===__Collaborative Writing Spaces__=== || * Equal voices
 * Asynchronous-can happen when time
 * Learning from each other
 * Ease of access
 * Modeling for non-educators
 * Power of re-visioning

Etherpad Twitter || * Save bookmarks and favorites online
 * 1) <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">[|ACPS Tech Plan] || Google Docs
 * [|Collaborative Writing]
 * [|Planning Presentations]
 * [|Planning presentations]
 * [|Parent Support]
 * [|Becky]
 * [|MIke]
 * [|Paula]
 * #edchat ||
 * ===__Social Bookmarking__===
 * Easily share bookmarks with others
 * Create networks of users around content you care about
 * Find targeted, focused information, minimizing search time
 * Create "tagged" field trips / virtual field trips easily || * [|Mike's Delicious Links]
 * [|Mike's Diigo Links]
 * Learning to Bookmark Wiki
 * [|Diigo Help] ||