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Users of social networking sites, she said, should "beware of the five Ps" - professors, prospective employers, parents, police and predators.... Cavoukian says 77 per cent of all employers check out prospective employees on Facebook before they make hiring decisions.

The thing that worries most non-specialists teaching language is pronouncing words correctly from a book. This is where Forvo is is priceless. Native speaker users and the site itself have uploaded audio clips of word for us non native speakers to copy. The site has 250+ languages uploaded. I tested the Mandarin section, as I understand that, and it was faultless. An amazing resource. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects

RT @Pew_Internet: RT @nonprofitorgs The median age for a Twitter user is 31. MySpace = 26. Facebook = 33. LinkedIn = 39. http://bit.ly/PIPtw

# Turn social bookmarking and page annotation into effective learning tools (for example by including peer-assessment features). # Allow users to easily compile personal e-portfolios (for example, by combining their own works - photos, comments, articles-with testimonials others have written about them). # Let the browser suggest relevant materials (for example, by automatically identifying additional articles based on what sites a person visit or which topics they search for). # Support social learning communities (for example, by making it easy to find and connect with others who share similar learning interests).

This is a comprehensive flash card study aid site. Make your flashcards to study anything. Add pictures, text and it supports a range of non-alphabetical languages like Chinese and Japanese. You can choose to learn, spell things, test yourself or play games with the information. Browse thousands of sets made by other users without signing in. A free account is required to make your own flashcards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

There are also lots of great free apps for the iPhone and Droid that will use Quizlet flashcards...

"we need to make sure that networks work FOR THE USERS, not the IT department."

Zendo not only creates flashcards from user notes, but it also tracks how well the learner knows the content of the flashcards.

"If you are not a programmer, you are one of the programmed." ... "If we don't create a society that at least knows there's a thing called programming, then we will end up being... not the programmers, but the users... and worse... the used."

A online story making resource where users choose, type, click and drag themselves a story with images and animation to share. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This is a service like StumbleUpon, but for food and recipes. The site links to user recommended recipes from all over the web. A great place to find inspiration for cookery lessons.

Make decisions fast with this nice and simple site where users are given a question and choices to choose from. The data can be viewed and a majority decision can be made. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

This is a great tool for creating charts and graphs with lots of options to get your data looking just right. But this also makes it complicated for younger users. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A useful science game where users classify living things by clicking on them. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A superb English grammar game where users throw ninja stars at the correct type of word. Download the sentence creator to make your own sentences and play offline. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A great, user-friendly and widely used online image or photo editor with a large set of tools and effects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

A clever tool where users make and name their own temperature scale and compare it to Celsius. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A slideshow creator that allows users to embed a video and photo presentation on your site, complete with links to web resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

This site is a playground for experimenting java programmers. Browse hundreds of user created examples or get your class to make their own. It's easy. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

An amazing user generated ESL resources site. Find and download resources for any English language lesson - PowerPoints, lesson plans, flashcards and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

Acollaborative project with the aim of providing useful information for TEFL professionals." TEFL Teaching: This area is all about teaching: how to teach and what to teach. And then how to make sure your students are learning! Included here are loads of activities and ideas for classroom control, discipline, techniques and so on Skills:How to teach the four skills in English: listening, reading, speaking and writing. Grammar Guide:=The TWW Grammar Guide is a comprehensive guide to English grammar written in a user-friendly manner for both learners and teachers.