explanation of what hashtags are and how to use them on Twitter

follow tweets for a specific hashtag easily online

how to get started with Twitter, ways to use it in an educational setting, and tools to help you use it better with these resources below.

5th grade teacher's experience using Edmodo with his students

one K-12 teacher's experience introducing Edmodo to his students

review of Edmodo from a K-12 teacher

Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs. Provide your students with an authentic, engaging, and interactive learning experience with Kidblog.

Aimed at younger or inexperienced web users, this video helps explain the long-term risks of sharing inappropriate photos, videos and stories on the Web. We've seen the stories and heard personal accounts about people who shared an inappropriate photo that eventually caused them to lose their job or miss an opportunity. Preventing this kind of problem can come from increased awareness about how the Web works and what it means to share something with the public. This video is about taking responsibility and making choices to protect reputations. 

The formation of professional learning communities (PLCs) is a recent strategy in academe designed to better engage faculty and professional staff in order to stimulate collaboration, synthesize solutions based on multiple perspectives, and identify opportunities to further the major goals of the postsecondary institution. Join representatives from Eastern Kentucky University as they deconstruct a recent PLC that emphasized instructional technology and brought about new awareness, consensus building, and a shared vision of the future of classroom pedagogy.

How to add links to WordPress blogroll as well as how to make a new post to a WordPress blog

Collaborate ~ Part III of Diigo V4 tutorial series Diigo -- making Researching, Sharing, and Collaborating faster, easier and more effective!

Sharing ~ Part II of Diigo V4 tutorial series Diigo -- making Researching, Sharing, and Collaborating faster, easier and more effective!

Part I of Diigo V4.0 series: Diigo -- making Researching, Sharing, and Collaborating faster, easier and more effective

great overview about both the strategy any the process of creating an online community from scratch.

handout (pdf) developed by Educause outlining the basic concepts behind social bookmarking

handout (pdf) developed by Educause outlining the basic features of and considerations for using blogs