Excellent post by the author who was not looking to use Facebook in a "formal" sense, as a platform to present specific course content. Instead, his goal was to use Fb in an "informal" manner, encouraging each member of the class to see him or herself as a part of the whole

A really neat real-time counter of social media activity

A pretty comprehensive list of ePortfolio tools

Personal profile pages and rich media are coming to Twitter!

Some really neat apps on this list!

The polling and inline MP3 player could be really useful!

A Bluetooth page-turning device operated by the feet. I saw this used by a pianist in a recital this past weekend. Cool!

British researchers scanned the brains of 125 college students who used Facebook, then compared the scans with the number of online and real-world friends the students had. Findings show people with more friends have certain areas of the brain that are larger than those with fewer friends, but the link is not clear.

A list of educational hashtags and other sources about academic uses of Twitter

Good tools for keeping track of things

"Students moving into a newly renovated dormitory at the University of Kentucky signed up for a hyperwired college experience: Each one was given an iPad and required to take a series of tech-themed courses."

Good post on effective writing

Women use social networks to connect with their friends, family and colleagues more than men, finds a new survey. Men, however, are more likely to use voice/phone communication than women.

Good, concise thoughts about a professional portfolio

really interesting statistics about how students are using technology

List of apps from Marian College (WI) presented at the 2011 Campus Technology Conference Workshops

Mashable has produced an extensive guide on all of Google+'s key features, as well as an introduction to the service and the important things you need to know about it.

The StudentAdvisor.com research team continuously collects information on how active and effective each school is at engaging their audiences on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media tools, such as iTunes and podcasts. The ranking methodology also takes into account the size of each school's population, as well as other metrics, to gauge overall reach and effectiveness. The team then produces a strictly quantitative score for each school based on this information, and updates the findings regularly.