Forums & Collaboration

Updated on March 1, 2017

These websites and apps provide active forums for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.  Find free collaboration tools, as well, to exchange ideas and planning with teachers.  Helpful for lesson planning, classroom management strategies, and cross-curricular planning,

ChoralNet

ChoralNet is a professional networking community for choral teachers, leaders and students from around the world. Keep up on the news, participate in forum discussions and submit links, pictures, news stories and events.

ProTeacher

ProTeacher have very active forums to K-12 teachers for discussion, sharing, requesting assistance, and social networking. Established in 1999, its one of the most active online teacher participation sites. Topics are by grade level, subject area, jobs, centers, special ed,…

Curriki Groups

Curriki.org offers free tools for collaborative curriculum development and resource sharing. It has a huge open source repository of more than 30,000 free member- and partner-contributed resources for teaching and learning. Groups can be public or private. Free registration is…

edWeb

From site:  The edWeb makes it easy to network and collaborate with colleagues in education outside the boundaries of classroom walls and school buildings. Connect with educators who share your interests Share lesson plans Compare notes on resources and products…

Teacher Chatboards Mentor Center

The Teacher Chatboards are active forums, bringing together hundreds of thousands of educators for peer support and development. There are boards for every grade level, subject area, methologies, technologies, and several hot topics.

International Society for Technology in Education

ISTE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education. In their community forums, they offer information and networking opportunities to educators as they implement new…