Getting Started...

Teaching professionals can use wikis and blogs as a free and easy source of professional development. To get started consider the following steps...

-Use supportblogging.com as a blog search engine and add them to an RSS feed reader. You can find an example of a feed reader service at www.pageflakes.com

-Dedicate a few moments of your day to check your blogs and feed reader each day.

-Share your new information on teaching practices and ideas with your co-workers.

Wikis...

Wikis allow groups of users to colaborate to editable websites. Through sharing the responsibility of the creation of the wiki, there is far less intimidation for the user.

Examples of Wikis include:

PB Wiki at http://pbwiki.com

Wikispaces at www.wikispaces.com

Wet Paint at www.wetpaint.com

Blogs...

As an alternative to Professional Development, blogging can be used to share ideas with your education community.

Blogging services include:

Typepad at www.typepad.com

Blogger at www.blogger.com

Edublogs at www.edublogs.com

These are all free services to share and obtain information, by either creating your own blog or reading others'.