Teachability

Teachability is a nice new social network/community for educators looking to share ideas, collaborate, find educational resources, and more.  As w/ most social network sites, Teachability offers groups or communities that a person can join on a specific topic, such as: first year teaching, STEM, personalized learning, etc.  Also, there is a nice forum feature that allows educators to ask and  find questions to their answers.

I recommend checking out Teachability by clicking here!!!

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Brainly

Brainly is a interesting new social network for helping students w/ homework.  This is a great place for students of all ages to find and answer questions that students from around the world are posting.  What makes Brainly so nice is how easy it is to track how many questions/answers a student has asked and to search by subject.  Also, there is a nice point system that adds an element of "Gamification" and motivates students to return and participate on the network.  My only concern especially for the younger kids is that an email address or FB account is needed to sign up, so this might not make it ideal for Elementary aged kids.  Also, I'm going to inquire on their filtering policy to make sure that all their content remains educational.

I recommend checking out Brainly by clicking here!!!

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Sanderling

Sanderling is a new social network for professional development.  This online community lets educators share their professional development stories as well as resources.  Members can also find a nice list o resources such as: lesson plans, reviews, articles/links, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Sanderling by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Technology & Learning for the tip.

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Teacher Gaming Network

The Teacher Gaming Network is an excellent social network for Gamification.  This is a network that allows educators to create educational games that can be shared w/ students via a URL or embedded into a site.  A teacher can create a game w/ 5 different questions styles: T/F, multiple choice, list, short answer, or fill in the blank.  A paid unlock unlocks all 5 types of questions and student tracking for a teacher.  Also, being a social network a teacher can search through 1000's of other educational games to share/use w/ their students.

I highly recommend checking out the Teacher Gaming Network by clicking here!!

Below is a brief demo video...

TeachQuest

TeachQuest is a nice online community for teachers that I just found out about from Edshelf.  This is a nice network for teachers to share and find resources such as lesson plans, videos, and more.  Also, a teacher can use TeachQuest as a secure environment to collaborate w/ parents.  Teachers can communicate via a blog, chat, forum, and more.

I highly recommend checking out TeachQuest by clicking here.

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Edwic

Edwic is a social network for educators, students, parents, and administrators that I just found out about from EdShelf.  This is a great place for educators to collaborate in real-time.  Also, there are lots of nice features to enjoy such as: online grade book, setup classes, attendance, blogging and more.

Brief demo....

About edwic.com! from Edwic Administrator on Vimeo.

I highly recommend checking out Edwic by clicking here!!!

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Tioki

Tioki is a professional network for educators that reminds me of a cross between a Ning network and Linkedin.  This is a great place for educators to create a profile, display their skills, and find/collaborate w/ other educators.  What makes Tioki nice are the innovative features such as: interactive whiteboard, the ability to demo a lesson, or the ability to create a event.

I highly recommend checking out Tioki by clicking here!!

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