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I found this web site through a simple Google search and three hours later came up for air and realized that I was in my apartment in St. Marys, PA. The site contains video, discussion, chat, events, and so on. Specifically, I was impressed with a speech (http://edupln.ning.com/video/valedictorian-speaks-out) made by a Valedictorian of a high school, a speech in which the young girl asserts that she is only equally as intelligent as her peers but much better at following orders. And as a result of this, she is leaving her high school without hobbies and interests and is, therefore, actually at a disadvantage with regard to competing in life with the "B" and "C" students who spent the same years pursuing their own interests and expertise. I highly recommend this site and am happy to include it within my PLN.

This presentation does nothing more employ multi-media to list 18 names of individuals who are associated with the field of education in various manners.It is short and to the point. What is special, however, is that these 18 names are active members of blogs, wikis and a host of connections. Out of the 18 , I Googled 3 and was quickly transported to several presentations, links and information regarding Google Wave and the importance of using "Backchannels" in the classroom. When I was an undergraduate, I had a professor whose name was Robert Peck. He often commented that "like minds ought to form networks so as to be able communicate easily and often…but how do we make this happen?" Were he alive to see the connectedness of the Ed Tech community he would smile.

Hey Dennis- I appreciate your posts. I'm an old basketball coach and, as such, not so cerebral, but I do try. I read the link with the research evaluating exemplary teachers vs their peers. Interesting work. When reading education research, it is the publishing dates I generally find discouraging. In this case, It is ten years later, have we really moved the ball on any of this? (That's a football coach reference, but, whatever). How many generations of students will pass before we begin to ensure they receive the education that might provide them advantage? Or will America be the lagging country-still presuming standardized tests are evidence of.....heck, anything. ts

A couple of years ago I stumbled across this method of formatting text for closed web-based LMSs such as Blackboard or Sakai. I finally got around to creating a screencast. I'm sharing this here as this method is also useful for creating content for social network tools such as blogs or wikis. It isn't a substitute for learning HTML, but it's a quick and easy procedure that works as well as a lot of WYSIWYG editors.