Online Professional Learning Network

By: Kaley White

Network Name URL How Is it Useful?
Type
Social QuaranTEACH https://www.f This Facebook group is a collection of ideas,
Media Houston acebook.com/ struggles and encouragement of online
groups/569772 teacher from teachers in Houston. It is a helpful
917022315 place to look for creative ideas or a place to
brainstorm ways to make online teaching
better.
Social Texas A&M https://www.f A Facebook group that continues to support
Media Teachers acebook.com/ Aggie Teachers. This page is a great source for
groups/268669 creative classroom or instructional ideas, as
033883396 well as job availabilities.
Social Create- https://www.f This Facebook group is a place for teachers
Media abilites acebook.com/ of grades K-6 to collaborate, share, learn,
Teacher groups/234106 and listen. This group is a safe place to ask
Community 793776636 for help, recommendations, suggestions, and
ideas. It's also a place to help others, give
constructive feedback, empathize, support,
and laugh!
Social Instructional https://www.f This is a Facebook group designed for people
Media Designers in acebook.com/ working in instructional design or educational
Education groups/152688 technology. It is a great resource to collaborate
9350715555 with fellow colleagues on all topics related to
this field.
Blog Firstieland https://firstiela Firstieland by Molly has been a wonderful
nd.com resource for a first-grade teacher! Molly
includes freebies, management techniques
and a ton of ideas on how to make learning feel
like play.
Blog Brown Bag https://brown The Brown Bag Teacher, created by Catherine
Teacher bagteacher.co Reed has been a resource full of ideas that can
m implemented right away. Her perspective and
intentionality in turning educational goals into
fun and interactive learning opportunities is
noteworthy.
Blog The https://theinn Lisa Nelson created this blog to help educators
Innovative ovativeeducat have a fun and creative digital tool to
Educator or.blogspot.co implement within their classroom. Her blog has
m a variety of posts on how to implement digital
technology to increase student achievement
and engagement in different subject areas.
Blog Free https://www.fr Richard Byrne creates a collection of free
Technology eetech4teache online resources for teachers to implement.
for Teachers rs.com His blog includes videos of how to successfully
use different digital tools. This is a great
 resource for finding a new tool and learning
how to use it.
Blog The ED Tech http://www.ed The Ed Tech Roundup is a blog for educators to
Round Up techroundup.o stay up to date on educational technology
rg updates and reviews. It is a great place to
explore provided lesson plans to help teachers
implement technology across their curriculum.
Blog Cycles of https://www.c Ramsay Musallam explores how useful hacks
Learning yclesoflearning can be in the classroom. In his blog he shares
.com/blog simple ways the encourage deep, meaningful
learning in the classroom using technology. His
blog is full of ideas and insightful hacks to help
fellow educators.
Blog EdSurge https://www.e Founded by Betsy Corcoran, EdSurge is a
dsurge.com community of teachers, storyteller and
technology gurus. It is a blog that focuses on
the future of education and how technology
effects that future. It is full of ideas and opinion
pieces on technology, education, and the
future of our students.
Webpage Edutopia https://www.e Edutopia is a collection of topics and video to
dutopia.org help educators transform K-12 education.
Founded by George Lucas, this website has a
collection of video and blog posts about a
variety of topics from Social Emotional Skills to
Technology Integration. This is a website full of
research based and creative ideas for
educators.
Webpage We Are https://www. We Are Teachers is a wonderful learning
Teachers weareteachers resource for teachers of all grade levels. Their
.com website includes classroom ideas, free
printable, career advice, teacher life including
relatable stories and tips for finding a work life
balance, a space for school leaders, and a page
just to list all the latest deals in shopping.
Web 2.0 Poll https://www.p Free to Educators, this online digital tool allows
Tool Everywhere olleverywhere. teachers to create up to 40 questions polls,
com surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds and more.
This tool is helpful in bridging the gap and
increasing engagement within hybrid
classrooms.
Web 2.0 LibriVox https://librivox LibriVox is a free public domain of audiobooks.
Tool .org This is a great tool to encourage and support
readers as they have a vast and free collection
to audiobooks at their fingertips.
Web 2.0 Diigo https://www.d This tool is a lifesaver for Educators. It is similar
Tool iigo.com to an electronic Filofax. Through this tool,
educators can save and tag online resources,
 annotate web pages and PDFs, and organize
links.
Web 2.0 Conceptboard https://concep A great tool for educators to keep students
Tool tboard.com/us engaged and to implement within hybrid
e-cases/online- learning. Conceptboard is a digital whiteboard
whiteboard/ built for remote collaboration. Here, students
can co-create in real time and think visually
together as they collaborate to make visual
pieces on the whiteboard.
Podcast MindShift https://www.k MindShift Podcast focuses on how to help
qed.org/podca students genuinely learn without focusing on
sts/mindshift the outcomes of schooling such as grades, and
performance in activities. MindShift helps
educators think outside the box by highlight
innovative and counterintuitive ways to help
students succeed.
Podcast EdTech Bites https://edtech Created by Gabriel Carrillo, this is a Podcast for
bites.com Educators to learn all about the goings on
within the technology realm. Gabriel sits and
shares a meal with a guest as they discuss
technology within education. It is informative,
helpful and entertaining.
Podcast The Shake Up https://shakeu The Shake Up Learning show is hosted by Kasey
Learning plearning.com/ Bell and is a one stop shop for educators that
Show shake-up- focuses on technology tips, lesson ideas,
learning-show- advice, educational coaching, and interviews
podcast-with- with a variety of educators and students. This
kasey-bell/ is a great source of ideas, insight and fun.