Professional+Learning+Networks

Twitter
 * create a professional account and follow other educators
 * tweet about successes, articles you are reading, questions you have, projects you need input on, etc.
 * can be quite powerful in building an international network of colleagues.

[|Ning]
 * online communities set up for common interests
 * include discussion boards, videos, etc.
 * [|Classroom20] "the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education"
 * can be used as a classroom community and as a collaborative tool to connect multiple classrooms of students
 * [|Flat Classroom Project]
 * [|EduBlogger World]

RSS Feeds
 * Use a feed reader to subscribe to professional blogs and news feeds
 * ex. Google Reader

Social Bookmarking
 * store bookmarks online
 * able to tag them for organization and to make them searchable
 * able to share links with others and create a network with other teachers
 * able to annotate the description of the bookmark
 * ex. [|Delicious], [|Diigo]

iTunes Podcasts
 * ex. subscribe to Ted Talks

[|Apple's Learning Exchange]