Education Communities

Below is a list of education communities the Curriki development team regularly follows. If you would like to tell us about an education community you are a part of, click here.

To see the list of education blogs Curriki follows, please click here.

Classroom 2.0 is a community of educators interested in the intersection of education and technology—in particular, web 2.0 and collaborative technologies.

"Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. Our Content Commons contains educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals — organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons 'attribution' license." The site is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and is housed at Rice University.

Dave’s ESL Café is a community for ESL and EFL teachers. The site is filled with lessons, forums, job postings and more.

"Edublogs hosts hundreds of thousands of blogs for teachers, students, researchers, professors, librarians, administrators and anyone and everyone else involved in education."

Edufire provides a platform that enables users to connect with, teach and learn from one another on any topic. The site includes video tools, interactive white boards and more.

FreeReading is a community and literacy program for K-3 reading teachers. The site enables teachers to share their own ideas and resources, as well as access hundreds of open source standards-aligned early literacy lessons.

The Global Education Collaborative is a community of educators and students interested in global education. Members can share ideas, videos, projects, resources and questions related to international education

"The Global Learning Portal is a multilingual knowledge network for educators worldwide. GLP is a global alliance composed of regional groups, international organizations such as UNESCO, bilateral aid agencies such as USAID, private-sector entities, and non-governmental organizations. More than 5,500 members in over 130 countries share teaching materials and quality educational resources online through user-friendly portal tools. GLP supports country-level and regional education projects to link teachers, ministries, and educational organizations by hosting and creating content libraries, space for virtual collaboration, and distance learning modules. GLP members can store and share resources, participate in online learning and communities of practice, and archive project materials."

Great Schools is a community for parents. The mission of the organization is "To improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved." Users can learn about preschools and schools throughout the US and share their own school experiences.

Livemocha is a website that contains free courses in Spanish, German, English, Hindi, French, Mandarin and more. The service also allows you to connect and practice with language partners around the world.

OER Commons is a place where educators can share open education resources at the primary through postsecondary levels. The site is a project of The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME).

Teacher Lingo is a community of education bloggers where teachers can share their thoughts, concerns and ideas about education.

Teachers.net is a community where educators can share lessons, project ideas and questions.

"At Web English Teacher educators can take advantage of online technology to share ideas and to benefit from the work of others. Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration. Think of it as the faculty library and faculty workroom on a global scale."