I think placing a survey or poll on your classroom blog or website is a great way to get informal feedback from your students. I usually put a survey on my class blog a week or so before any formal assessment that my students are going to take. That feedback helps me identify the areas that my students need more help and or clarification on. - R M Byrne
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I follow Andy as @andycinek on Twitter. When he was let go, I bookmarked the piece that he blogged. It was wrenching. It is nice to have good endings to a sad story. It is the POWER of a PLN.