This reference list contains various resources for using social media and online communities in professional learning networks for educators. The resources include blog posts, videos, images and forum discussions from sites like Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Diigo on topics such as creating collections and communities, searching for people, using hashtags and more. Most of the resources were published between 2012-2016 and provide guidance on tools and strategies for participating in online professional learning.

1. Reference List:
Altieri,J.(2015, December17) The Educators PLN Diigo[Forum] Retrievedfrom http://edupln.ning.com/group/diigo
Brookhouser,K. (2012) Google+CommunitiesforEducators[VideoFile] Retrievedfrom
https://youtu.be/lhGMDSGgPFw
Clark,C. (2016, January12) Top 100 EducationBlogsfor Educators andTeachers2016! [Blogpost] Retrievedfrom
http://www.newtechnetwork.org/blog/top-100-education-blogs-educators-and-teachers-2016
Du Toit,J. (2016) Google+homepage [Visual]Retrievedfrom https://plus.google.com/+JacquesduToitjdtriver/posts
EdTechnocation(n.d.) Google+inyourPLN [BlogPost] Retrievedfrom
http://www.edtechnocation.com/presentations/socialmediapln/googlepluspln
Educational technologyandMobile Learning(2016) 10 Great VideoTutorial onusingtwitterinEducationRetrieved
from:http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/02/10-great-video-tutorials-on-using.html
eXtensionNetworkLiteracy(2013) SearchingforPeople onTwitter&Hootsuite [VideoFile] Retrievedfrom
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/7908519
Global Educators(2016) Global Educators [Image] Retrievedfrom
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=global%20educators&lang=en
Google+(2016) Collections[Image]Retrievedfrom https://plus.google.com/collection/UWXoMB
Google+(2016) Communities[Image] Retrievedfrom https://plus.google.com/s/global%20educators/communities
Grant, J. (2016) Google+homepage [Visual] Retrievedfrom https://plus.google.com/+JordanGrant81/posts
Ives,M. (2016) Google+homepage [Image] Retrievedfrom https://plus.google.com/+MattIves/posts
Leiser,A.(2015) Twitter:yourprofessional LearningNetwork[Video File]Retrievedfrom https://youtu.be/t-
S_ZHI_LJs
Linsay,J.(2016) Flat Connections[Image] Retrievedfromhttps://twitter.com/julielindsay?lang=en
O’Brien,I.(2013) Google+Basics:Create yourpersonal learningnetwork[VideoFile] Retrievedfrom
https://youtu.be/RKCyMhUvWgI
Sheninger,E.(2012, March 19) PinterestforEducators[Blogpost] Retrievedfrom
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pinterest-for-educators
VarkeyFoundation(2015,October15) ExcitingTeachersonInstagram[Blogpost] Retrievedfrom
http://www.globalteacherprize.org/exciting-teachers-on-instagram-a-great-tool-for-innovative-educators