​Tangled is how I sometimes feel about my web of 3 email accounts plus Facebook, 2 websites, an LMS (d2l) used as both an instructor and a student, various blogs and Twitter conversations, discussion forums, and…… did I miss any? All together they form a scaffolding for my online presence and sometimes the connections and their usefulness are clear, but on other occasions I feel caught up in the weave and unable to see through it. As my experience and competence with these and other new tools for online communication grow, I’m looking forward to developing a streamlined portfolio of tools I can use in my online classroom to encourage my students, and me, to participate in dialogue and discussions.