There were some interesting resources identified in this Summer’s edition of The Science Teacher. In a column entitled Science 2.0, the authors bring our attention to The Synapse, a network connecting hundreds of biology teachers worldwide. Developed by Sean Nash just a couple of years ago, the author named the network after the synapse, the minute gap between nerve cells which transmits information.

The Synapse is biology teachers social network using Ning. Ning enables you to create a hub to bring like-minded people together—each gets their own channel to connect to the author—in this case Sean Nash. You can join the network here.

A powerful website using ning is Classroom 2.0, a social network for educators interested in Web 2.0 and social media. Created by Steve Hargadon, nearly 500,000 educators have visited the site in the past 8 months.  Classroom 2.0 is designed especially for teachers who are new to using Web 2.0 technologies.  You can join Classroom 2.0 here.