edWeb

edWeb Logo from website

     edWeb is a professional social network for the education community. It gives educators the chance to share resources and educational information with each other and has several professional learning communities. These communities allow teachers form everywhere in the world to share their own experiences or ideas for the classroom. The communities are generally separated by subject area or grade level so teachers have the opportunity to work with other educators in the same field. This site is also a great way to learn more about Web 2.0 technologies and provides professional development.
     Members of edWeb can invite other colleagues to join the site and can even create a personal profile page with information about themselves. Teachers can browse other groups online and are able to contact them to learn new ideas. If groups online are set to a public setting, any teacher can join these groups. EdWeb communities often times have blogs, a calendar, and even live chats. Basically, this site allows teachers to connect with one another and develop new ideas.
      I would definitely use this site in the future to help come up with new thoughts or ideas for my own classroom. Sometimes it is beneficial to see what other teachers are planning for their own classrooms, so you can come up with new plans. Since this site is also free and open to the public, it wouldn't be hard for me to join, and I believe the site would be able to help any teacher who wants to connect with other individuals in the same field.
     This site is a great example for promoting and modeling digital citizenship and responsibility and engaging in professional growth and leadership for teachers (two very important ISTE-NETS T standards).

edWeb Chat Bar from website

This picture shows an example of a live chat featured on edWeb.net. Teachers can add their own thoughts or ideas to the discussion and can inform each other of different events coming up.







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