Social Networking for Teachers?

I was on VSTE’s “Why Technology Rocks in Virginia” social network today and thought “Why not create one of these for the teachers in our district?” It could be a place for teachers to commiserate, share lesson ideas and plans, and post resources. We (the ITRTs) have a resource web site that has resources across the core subjects and grade levels (and some electives). But this could be a different sort of site. Members to the site (ning.com is not blocked….yet) each have a page of sorts on which to blog. Groups could be set up by subject and/or grade level. I know there are teachers who would never participate, but then, there are teachers who might find it a “nice place to visit”.

May 21st, 2008 in technology, thoughts, web 2.0 |

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2 Responses to “ Social Networking for Teachers? ”

# 1 millerrm Says:
May 31st, 2008 at 10:12 pm
How do you best decide whether a blog or a wiki is the best tool to use for a particular project or discussion?
# 2 mrollosson Says:
June 4th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I use wikis more when I want others to be able to edit and discuss. For me, a blog is more of a matter of posting comments to what another (say, a discussion leader) posts. If, as a teacher, I want students to answer a question, I might use a blog. If, however, I want students to collaborate on a project, I would probably use a wiki.
ope this helps.