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This is a review of palabea which provides a good start to those who want to try it. 

Good, succinct info about Palabea. thanks

"Facebook" option for elementary?

This looks pretty promising. I also think the connections you made on this site are great - asking for resources and someone commented back with great resources on kids safety on the internet. Awesome!!

I also liked the description. I will make an account to explore it and see if it is something we can use with older students as well.

More Ideas...

Yikes! I thought 50 ideas was a lot. Nice that the author included some sites that help to organize the tweets. One tool I would add to the list http://wiffiti.com/. You can set up a wall to accept a hash tag that, when used in a tweet, will display almost immediately on the wall. Excellent way to display student comment via a projector.

So many ways to use technology in the classroom! We can be creative and motivate our students to be creative as well.

Today there are lots of creative blogging tools for students to use at school, but the five below are specifically catered towards a K-12 audience and come with lots of useful features for teachers and students. So, if you are itching to get your students online, consider the following options.

Are you following any of these educators?

I was trying not to follow too many people so I can keep up with everything is being posted, but even for the few chosen ones time was not on my side. I was following Larry Ferlazzo and Silvia Tolisano, but now I am going to add more from the list you shared here. Thank you Alyssa!

Click on the Adobe PDF icon to open the document.  FYI the "7 things you should know about ..." is a fantastic resource. Be sure to check out the Twitter article

I like the whole series of "7 things you should know about...". They are always very clear, to the point and useful. Thanks for the link!

The advantages of using VoiceThread

nice little article on VoiceThread, particularly the part on its advantages is really helpful for people who are new to this kind of technology.

It is a helpful introduction to VoiceThread. In Higher Education we could also give it to the students as an introduction.

A good discussion of alternatives to "friending" your students - lists, pages, groups, and what the differences are.

A school district in Florida is advising teachers not to "friend" students on social networking sites, claiming that teacher-student communication through this medium is "inappropriate."

Interesting that these regulations are listed in the teachers' handbook. I live within walking distance from the school I work at, and often see neighborhood kids. One in particular is my student, in fact I was standing outside my home last night talking with two friends of mine and he walked by. He's a great kid and we always say hi and chat a little, but it's in the back of my mind that even that could be used against me by someone who is twisted. The weird thing about the inappropriate internet stuff is that there is always a paper trail, so it seems so obvious to not do certain things. I'm surprised FL advises teachers to not even use a "professional" user account with students, but apparently they feel the risks outweigh the advantages.

Looking for a different language learning network to sing up for, I came across this list of language learning sites. I browsed through it and there are some networks I haven't heard about, as well as sites with all kind of resources for learning different languages. Hope it helps!

Article in Edutopia

Great source of information, examples and ideas about using Voicethread for digital conversations.

thanks for sharing Roxana. I really like how this blog discusses the language and cultural uses of using voicethread to create learning communities. It provided me many practical examples I can use in my classroom to help students focus on langauge development while using the technology. This post puts the focus on learning not on the technology. The handouts are great supports that help students stay on the learning track and because of this, the coummunity of learning is built. I was a little concerned by the deficit language used on the scoring rubric for asynchronous content. I will probably use something similar by change the wording to be a little more constructive, as meaning can be lost online and harsh wording can be misinterpreted.

Students (and sons and daughters) of college officials talk about Facebook and college computer policies, in hopes of finding some common ground. 

Someone got highlighter happy in the first section but examples of projects and teacher tips are helpful.

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Different countries and different education departments within those countries have social media policies which generally limit the ways in which teachers can use twitter and Facebook with their students.

This is a smart alternative to "friending" your students and keeping school and personal separate. It is very helpful that the author included screen shots in the article; makes it easier to follow the steps.

Thanks for the article. It was exactly what I've been looking for about how to keep my personal life and my students' separate but still be able to use Facebook. The set up steps are very easy to follow.