TEACH-NOW: Teacher Preparation for a Technologically Advanced World: Personal Learning Network

Professional Learning Networks

Edutopia – Technology and research-based group working to bring education into the 21^st century and keep kids engaged with what they are learning.
TED-Ed – Educational and inspirational TED talks for educators and those interested in education.
Scholastic Teachers – Focus on literacy. Covers a large range of topics that range from in-depth lesson planning ideas to money saving tips for the classroom.
TeachNOW Group - those are in the program can use the teachers, students who are teachers, or those that are still learning as help. Everyone is willing to help out one another.
Teachers- sharing ideas and resources for the classroom! - A group that share ideas and resources from around the world where it can be discussed. You are not alone in the teaching world (LINK)

Twitter: Use as microblogging platform to follow educator communities and contribute your own resources.

Google Drive: Cloud-based suite of collaborative applications such as Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms, Google Calendar, Google Mail, etc. It’s a free alternatives to industry standard programs such as those in the Microsoft Office Suite. Google Drive includes a useful mobile app.

Google Classroom: Another great resource to set up assignments, grade student work, and store classroom source materials. Google Classroom can be effectively used to flip classrooms. Note that you’ll need an email address from an educational institution to be eligible to use Google Classroom. Mobile app is available.

Google Voice: Google offers a free phone number with voice mail and other telephony features. Communications are forwarded to your personal mobile number. Google Voice can be used if you prefer not to give out your personal number to parents and students.

MindMeister: Used to create collaborative mind maps about any subject. Among its many applications, it students can employ it to create mind maps on any subject they wish to explore or present. Teachers can also use it to present a lesson or explore a subject with students. It’s collaborative features facilitate group project development. (Fee based for more than three presentations.)
XMind: Another company that creates mind maps
VoiceThread: A collaborative multi-media presentation site. Commenting also uses multimedia technology such that you can choose commenting in text, voice, and video.
Prezi: Creates cloud-based presentations with pzazz. Prezi uses the concept of a canvas instead of slides allowing you to pan to various parts of the canvas in order to present your ideas in a structured manner. Teachers can use many of the Prezi presentations available online to teach various subjects. (Fee based.)
Diigo: Great resource for collecting, tagging, annotating, organizing and sharing bookmarks.
YouTube: Videos on just about any topic -- a wealth of resources for teachers on any topic.
Videoconferencing

Instagram: This is a photo and video sharing site. I’m not sure yet how to use it for educational purposes. I included it here because my middle school students love using it as a prefered social networking platform.
Pinterest: This is another photo and video sharing site that are organized using a concept called “pinboards” that can be shared with others. I’m not sure yet how useful this site is but Teach-Now recommends it.
LiveBinders: Online digital “binders” to organize digital resources.
Dropbox - a online hard drive to keep your files, if you can't bring your laptop with you. Backup files here, in case all your other back ups fail. Can also share with other people (need to invite to share)

Council of Chief State and School Officers (responsible for writing InTASC standards)

Project Zero: Harvard Graduate School of Education: Conducts research on “the nature of intelligence, thinking, creativity, cross-disciplinary thinking and ethics” (quoted in Project Zero’s website.)

Edutopia: A “leading voice illuminating and showcasing what works in education.” It demonstrates how people “can adopt best practices” and presents “stories of innovation and continuous learning in the real world” (quoted from Edutopia’s website.)

Flamboyan Foundation: An incredibly useful site and resources for successful family engagement and communication with students’ parents and guardians.
Quizlet: Although I haven’t yet used this site, it is recommended by teachers I’ve met. The site claims to have “Simple tools that let you study anything, for free.”
College Board: It helps keep everything together when you're applying to college (It gets messy with all the paperwork) There are links and resources for the SAT tests for both professors and students.
American Association of School Administrators