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Great website talking about how to use Twitter with your students!

What if you could summon the world's leading thinkers from some of the most esteemed institutions to teach you anything, anytime? Well, now you can. All it takes is your computer and iTunes U.

This is the homepage of Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D. Curt teaches at Indiana University in the School of Education where he is in the Instructional Systems Technology Department. In addition, he is president and founder of CourseShare, LLC and SurveyShare, Inc.

a community for educators to share and collaborate lesson plans and resources.

An online directory that connects people through social networks.

This was one of my tools that I used for the tech project. As a teaching tool in an increasingly computerized world, I think it is important to use what people know and are comfortable. As one of the most used social networking sites worldwide, facebook is a great tool for this use. I know I've used it in education settings (setting up meetings, chatting with classmates, making a schedule and sending messages, and having a group dedicated to a class or group project). In using facebook in the classroom, you use a powerful tool that students will use whether it has educational content or not. The educational information might as well be embedded in this site that would be more commonly checked and utilized than just about any other technology tool (with the exception of email).

A Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook