With the closure of edna, Education Services Australia will be continuing the Groups and Lists services formerly provided by edna, which may meet the needs of some users for professional networking and related activities.
The following sites and services offer various aspects of online social/professional networking for educators, such as: online groups, forums and discussions, blogs, bookmarks and resource sharing, eportfolios. They offer a range of levels of private and public activity and sharing. All the ones here are free to join but may offer additional services on a commercial basis. Some are limited to particular groups such as teachers employed by a particular state system.
http://www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks
http://www.nea.org/home/20746.htm
http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/20-social-networking-sites-for-teachers/
http://kerrie-smik.blogspot.com/2008/10/social-networking-with-educators.html
Also try your own State or Territory departmental site: some now offer social networking functions like shared bookmarks and online discussions and groups
http://www.aamt.edu.au/Professional-networking
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/leading-curriculum-change.html
http://www.stansw.asn.au/pages.asp?page=&pubid=252&issid=309&artid=645&pgid=747
http://makeitcount.aamt.edu.au/
Make it count: Numeracy, mathematics and Indigenous learners
http://www.facebook.com/pages/AGTA/162501637136004?v=wall
Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA) on Facebook
http://groups.google.com/group/21st-century-geography-in-australian-schools?pli=1
21st Century Geography in Australian schools
http://etaprofessionaldevelopment.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fetaprofessionaldevelopment.ning.com%2F
This Ning is a free online site where members of the NSW English Teachers Association can network with colleagues and share their resources.
http://www.curls.edu.au/
CURLS is an open source social bookmarking application that offers functionality similar to the popular web site del.icio.us. Open to any users to search and browse; logged in NSW teachers only can post and comment.
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au
http://www.edmodo.com/
http://teachbook.com/
http://www.wetheteachers.com/
http://www.teachersrecess.com/
http://www.theschoolsunited.com/community/
http://teacher20.com/
http://www.teachade.com/
http://www.curriki.org/
http://www.classroom20.com/
http://www.tes.co.uk/
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
http://spatialworlds.blogspot.com/
http://www.teachstreet.com/
http://www.google.com/educators/community.html
http://www.ning.com/
Formerly free, now commercial. Many educational social networks use Ning.
Some information and suggestions at http://blog.ning.com/2011/08/ning-in-the-education-department-the-writings-on-the-blackboard.html
Examples:
http://connectedclassroom.ning.com
http://geographical.ning.com/
http://www.linkedin.com
Professional networking tool widely used across all fields. Used by some in education.
Examples:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=27003&trk=anet_ug_hm (Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group)
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Teachers-Lounge-147237?gid=147237&mostPopular=&trk=tyah (Teachers Lounge)
http://www.diigo.com
Social bookmarking with communities of interest.
Find many for education at http://groups.diigo.com/group_mana/search_groups?keywords=education
Examples:
http://groups.diigo.com/educators/bookmark
http://groups.diigo.com/group/picasa-in-education
http://groups.diigo.com/group/educators
http://www.delicious.com
Social bookmarking; many educational resources are bookmarked and shared. You can tag, rate and share resources and follow others with similar interests.
See http://www.delicious.com/tag/education
http://www.scoop.it
From the site: “Create your topic-centric media by collecting gems among relevant streams : publish it to your favorite social media or to your blog”
Examples of curated topics collections:
http://www.scoop.it/t/educational-technology-for-teachers
http://www.scoop.it/t/educationstuff
http://www.scoop.it/t/teacher-resources