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(clothes, supplies, and even homework) on eBay and the Internet; exchanging music on P2P sites; building games with modding (modifying) tools; setting up meetings and dates online; posting personal information and creations for others to check out; meeting people through cell phones; building libraries of music and movies; working together in self-formed teams in multiplayer online role-playing games; creating and using online reputation systems; peer rating of comments; online gaming; screen saver analysis; photoblogging; programming; exploring; and even transgressing and testing social norms.

A lot of new models of professional development are starting to draw on photo and video sharing, wikis, even mash-ups of different sorts of data.

The first is that it’s easier to do online professional development at scale than it is with local or purely face-to-face professional development.

‘relying on the technology to do the teaching for you; thinking that a new tool will substitute for engagement and interest in your students.’

The teacher or lecturer who uses Twitter or Facebook or Bebo or whatever as a medium for the sharing of ideas, discussion, assignments and so on with his or her students risks being perceived as intruding on students’ personal and social territories.

We should start, where we can, with the core purpose of education,

A good educational system should have three purposes: it should