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One of my good friends, Brittany Sinitch, who teaches at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, introduced me to one of my favorite lesson planning websites. It's called Teachers Pay Teachers, and it is a way for teachers to upload and share their original lesson plans with a community of educators. Other teachers can then pay you for the rights to use your lesson in their classroom. For example, Ms. Sinitch just uploaded a lesson about writing picture books. The lesson is on sale for five dollars and includes instructions, rubrics, example templates, and blank templates. I think this is an incredibly useful tool because it gives teachers an opportunity to find new and creative lessons and also get some extra money for it. Find it here: Teachers Pay Teachers

Another simple personal learning network is YouTube. YouTube allows you to create video content that reaches audiences worldwide. You can create a channel for your classroom, providing videos of lesson plans in action or answering questions about classroom management. The possibilities with this platform are numerous, but it is important to make sure you have the consent of your students, their parents, and administration before you post anything. Beyond that, it is an incredible tool to reach and interact with teachers all over the world. Here you can find a YouTube channel specifically for educators: YouTube Teachers