Here's the list of possible community building tools for learning:
- Moodle - "Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites."
- Ning - Ning is an online platform for people to create their own social networks
- Edmodo - "A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments."
- Twiducate - A free resource for educators for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom.
- Hotchalk - HotChalk provides a free online learning management system, a library of free and premium digital content, and a portal into today’s educational landscape with innovative articles and the latest news
- Google Docs - Safely store, organize, share and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations online
- Blog - "is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)
- Wiki - is a website that allows the the editing of any number of web pages via a web browser There are typically multiple editors on a wiki site. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki)
- Google Group - Groups provides a method for true communication and collaboration with group members
- Nicenet.org - Nicenet is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to providing free services to the Internet community. Nicenet's primary offering, the Internet Classroom Assistant is designed to address the pedagogical needs and limited resources of teachers and their students.
- Kidblog - Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog.