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"Social media may have started out as a fun way to connect with friends, but it has evolved to become a powerful tool for education and business. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and tools such as Skype are connecting students to learning opportunities in new and exciting ways. Whether you teach an elementary class, a traditional college class, or at an online university, you will find inspirational ways to incorporate social media in your classroom with this list."

This is a great site for great books. It is updated monthly (from September - June) by the Greater Boston Cooperative Library Association, which is a group of over 60 independent school libraries. It organizes the books by grade (Gr. 7 - 12) as well as by genre and themes. The books they recommend are all recently published outstanding books.

Reputation management has now become a defining feature of online life for many internet users, especially the young. While some internet users are careful to project themselves online in a way that suits specific audiences, other internet users embrace an open approach to sharing information about themselves and do not take steps to restrict what they share.