Community

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 =Social Networking and Learning Communities =

Nings

 * Create your own social network with [|Ning.com]
 * Explore, contribute, and learn from these social networks
 * [|CO Teacher Librarian Ning] - //"for Colorado teacher librarians and other educators. A one-stop shop for all the information you need."//
 * [|Classroom 2.0] - //"the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education"//
 * [|21st Century Teacher-Librarians] -- //"21st Century Teacher-Librarians Envision & Empower Life-long Learning"//
 * [|TeacherLibrarianNing]//-- "A community for teacher-librarians and other educators"//
 * [|Library 2.0] -- //This network is for librarians and others interested in Library 2.0.//
 * [|Search for Nings]
 * Tutorial -- How to set up a Ning

Social Bookmarking

 * Research aggregators and knowledge-sharing communities
 * [|del.icio.us] or [|delicious.com]
 * [|diigo]
 * Ideas for utilizing these powerful tools
 * students can contribute bookmarks for classroom research projects
 * librarians or teachers can use them to create pathfinders or web resources that can be tagged by categories
 * learners can keep all of their research resources organized and accessible from any computer or hand-held device
 * What are other ideas for using social-bookmarking tools?

Blogging

 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|10 ways to use your edublog to teach]
 * [|Wordpress]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers]
 * [|100 Best Blogs for School Librarians]

Reading and Library Communities

 * [|Library Thing]
 * [|Shelfari]
 * [|Pulse It] -- //read and discuss teen books online//
 * ======[|FlamingNet] -- // Young Adult Books Reviewed By Young Adult Reviewers //======
 * [|International Children's Digital Library]-- //"// //to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community...by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge"//
 * [|WhichBook] //-- a completely new way of choosing what to read//
 * [|Text on Phone] //-- read books on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android//

=**School District Communities **= (add your district's community-building projects) 

= ACADEMY DISTRICT 20, Colorado Springs, CO  <span class="wiki_link_ext"> = = = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> = =[|Web2 Playground]= <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">



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