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Secure and safte student socialnetworking site.

Saywire offers a complete suite of communication and collaboration tools including many popular Web 2.0 features. Planning, collaboration, personalized learning and communication are at your fingertips. Students improve critical thinking and real-world skills for the 21st century.

"Education 2.0: Social networking for your class Diipo connects you the teacher with your students by making it easy to communicate with your class. Diipo also connects you with other educators and your class with other classes. Featuring an easy-to-use and familiar user-interface similar to Facebook and Twitter, Diipo helps students stay connected and engaged."

Although this survey was conducted in 2009, one can see the movement of integrating social media within the classroom was already gaining momentum.

Compile and display common #hashtag via projector during preso or conference.

Like Foursquare but for books and more.

Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories. You collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish them as simple, beautiful stories that can be embedded anywhere.

Very interesting points and great Web 2.0 tools shared within this article as it explains why social networking is a positive for education.

Great article talking about how "H R" departments are starting to search for the "Real You".

Very nice list of great educators on Twitter via @cybraryman