Professional+Networking

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- An online community for researchers similar to Facebook

- An online community comprised of both university professors and K-12 teachers

- Online social bookmarking (I prefer to bookmark in Diigo and retrieve through Delicious)

- An online community that allows you to engage in discussions; annotate, highlight, and archive webpages; and save and share bookmarks with like-minded colleagues - An online community that allows you to chat with colleagues, create events, hold discussions, post links/photos/resources/videos, and share information with different groups of people

- A professional listserv with a circulation of over 6,000 K-12 teachers, researchers, scholars, and university professors from around the world involved in world language education

- [|Linked In in Plain English video]

- Create your own online community

- A series of "unconferences" for people interested in intersections between the humanities and technology

- Tool you can use to manage Facebook and Twitter feeds

- A great tool for professional networking and keeping up with the latest developments in your chosen fieldin 140 characters or less! ( - Use this search tool to find people to follow on Twitter)

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=Social Networking Tools for Students=

- Free, Facebook-like application for educational use

- Free Twitter-like application for educational use that allows cross-postings to your Twitter account

See also: Conferences