Thing #19

I tend to be the person who stands back from the group to see what is going on. It is very rare that I will actually jump in on a conversation or other part of an online community. I am, however, an active member of the atozteacherstuff online community. It is a discussion forum where teachers discuss most everything from personal to school to national level topics. I actually started using the forum when I was an undergrad. It was part of a project we had to do for Educ 3040 with Dr. Wall. The ability to connect with teachers from many different places persuaded me to stay and participate. I still use the site frequently today. It is so beneficial to be able to talk about school related issues with teachers who are not a part of my "school life." They are not biased because they do not work with me. It's a great community for teachers.
I found that several of the social networks listed were interesting. My absolute favorite site was BakeSpace. I love to bake and this just turned out to be the best site for me. I really like that I can swap recipes with others and chat about things in the forum. I've bookmarked this site for future exploration! :)
I went ahead and bookmarked all the sites (using Del.icio.us) because I found something interesting on each of them. I will keep the education sites in mind because I'm sure I will go back to them often. I liked Classroom 2.0 because of the variety of topics listed. There are many different things going on and it seems like a neat place to interact and discuss with others.