There is an old oak tree in my backyard that I’ve nicknamed “Leo the Late Bloomer”. The reason why is that right now when all of the other foliage is showing typical signs of spring this old tree is still hanging on to dried up leaves from last season. This is case year after year, and it does eventually catch up!

So what does this have to do with technology? Well, I wonder how many of you out there reading this blog post might be “Late Bloomers” or at least know one or two. In this information age, technology resources for teaching, learning, and networking are aplenty! What new technologies have you added to your arsenal of tools, or are you still holding on to the old stuff, like my old oak? Don’t be “Leo the Late Bloomer” and have to catch up later, just pick one tool/application now and start exploring!

Here are a few places to start, all of which are FREE resources…

For Social and Professional Networking: Twitter, Facebook, and Ning.

For Blogs and Wikis: Edublogs, Blogger, Wikispaces, and Wetpaint.

For Creating Media: PhotoStory, Movie Maker, iMovie, Animoto, and 12 Seconds.

More fun tools for learning: Newspaper Clip Generator and Vocaroo.