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Blogs, eZines, Forums , and Newsletters of Interest

http://www.anovascience.com/phpBB2/index.php discussions of inquiry teaching
http://www.wunderground.com teachers discuss lessons about weather
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/ mostly discusses ed tech
http://www.e-learningguru.com products, tips, standards for etraining and more
http://www.kineo.co.uk a site that offers 50 free elearning tips and sites for Moodle
http://moodle.org/login/index.php Moodle is an open-source lms
http://www.edtechpost.ca/mt/ deals with technology in education
http://www.teacherfocus.com/phpBB2/index.php all topics of education
http://www.tappedin.org thousands of participants in dozens of groups, more.
http://groups.google.com/group/k12opensource for users of open-source in schools (Moodle, phpbb, etc.)
Google teacher forums and get many listings. The community that develops around a forum is what makes it valuable. Find one that suits you. Tell us.
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http://www.globeteacher.com
http://archives.zinester.com/64706/ Daily Planet newsletter
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One thing that becomes apparent is that some blogs can function a bit as forums. Some newsletters can be called ezines. And vice versa for each. Not only that, but practically every teacher resource site has one or the other. Share your forum participation--invite our readers to join you there--use our forum or email me to post it. here--spam will be deleted, so please identify yourself as a fellow teacher with a message. Let us know what threads interest you in your forum of choice so others can join you there.