Online Discussion Sites

• Collaborizeclassrooms: Free online discussion platform with resource on conducting online discussions
• Youthnoise
• Engaging Students Through Asynchronous Video-Based Discussions in Online Courses 
• Three Strategies for Better Online Discussions 
• Readers’ Paradise
• Fun4Read Twitter Chat: Share responses to book on Twitter 
• The Book Forum 
• Prism: An online collaborative reading tool for shared annotations
• Recap: Students record video responses to teacher prompts 

Teachers' Use of Online Discussion Sites 

• Sarah Rose designs a companion site for her courses where she plans to post 1.) digital copies of assignments, homework, and rubrics, 2.) contact information for parents, 3.) helpful websites for students, 4.) models of various projects, and 5.) digital student work
• Book Glutton: Share comments about online literary texts
• 7 Ways to Creatively Ask Questions in the Classroom Using iPads 
• Paul Jaeger utilizes a Weebly-generated site to respond to literature in the form of amatuer book reviews
• Joel Rogness of Simley High School (Inver Grove Heights, MN), utilizes a simple Google Site to host his Communications 11 course
• Ann Johnson utilizes a Wiki as an "adaptive" tool applicable to many of the novels she teaches across her 11th grade lit courses.  Via the use of this tool, Ann plans to 1.) organize her lit classes, 2.) respond to her students, 3.) encourage student-student interactions, and 4.) integrate additional Web2.0 technologies including creating character blogs and comic strips
• TIES Presentation: Engaging Learners in Reflection and Discussion 

MOOs/MUDs & Online Chat Rooms

• Read/Write/Think activity: Exploring Literature through Letter Writing Groups

Blogging 

• Livejournal 
• weblogg-ed: learning with the read / write web
• Introduction to Blogging: The Internet Writers’ Journal

Teachers' Use of Social Networking Sites

• Ashley Wencel analyzes usage patterns and attitudes regarding two popular social networking sites - Facebook and MySpace
• Rick Lee Filipkowski: Utilizing the popular Facebook application to explore Harer Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
• teachers.net - literature teachers chatboard
• Cindy Long, NEA: Online Social Networking for Educators
• 20 Social Networking Sites for Teachers
• Drupal: Open-source platform for creating social-networking sites
• Elgg: Open-source platform for creating social-networking sites
• EduSpaces: Social networking for technology educators
• Youth Voices: Elgg site for writing teachers and students using digital writing
• Dweeber: Students can share work and chat
• Muse: Connect with educators using Internet2
• Fun4Read Twitter Chat: Share responses to book on Twitter 
• PBS: Teachers Connect
• Blackplanet
• Twitter
• Wordframe
• Onesite
• FictionPress: share responses to fiction writing