Skooville

Skooville is a nice social network for teaching children about cyber safety.  This is done in a controlled a safe environment where everything is moderated by trained professionals.  Also, this is a great place for students to collaborate w/ others, find educational games, and much much more.  Also, the educational portal allows educators to interact w/ their students in a safe environment as well.

I highly recommend checking out Skooville by clicking here!!!

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Teachability

Teachability is a nice new social network/community for educators looking to share ideas, collaborate, find educational resources, and more.  As w/ most social network sites, Teachability offers groups or communities that a person can join on a specific topic, such as: first year teaching, STEM, personalized learning, etc.  Also, there is a nice forum feature that allows educators to ask and  find questions to their answers.

I recommend checking out Teachability by clicking here!!!

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Brainly

Brainly is a interesting new social network for helping students w/ homework.  This is a great place for students of all ages to find and answer questions that students from around the world are posting.  What makes Brainly so nice is how easy it is to track how many questions/answers a student has asked and to search by subject.  Also, there is a nice point system that adds an element of "Gamification" and motivates students to return and participate on the network.  My only concern especially for the younger kids is that an email address or FB account is needed to sign up, so this might not make it ideal for Elementary aged kids.  Also, I'm going to inquire on their filtering policy to make sure that all their content remains educational.

I recommend checking out Brainly by clicking here!!!

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Sanderling

Sanderling is a new social network for professional development.  This online community lets educators share their professional development stories as well as resources.  Members can also find a nice list o resources such as: lesson plans, reviews, articles/links, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Sanderling by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Technology & Learning for the tip.

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