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100 examples of HOW to use Facebook with students - both teacher/student interaction and subject specific examples.

This is the exact thing I need for just that reason, Lori. I got into a "debate" over this at work last week. I am SO forwarding this one to the Director of IT ;)

Ive heard of teachers using facebook as a way to teach students how to write biographies. They start by choosing a historical figure then creating a facebook page as if they were that figure. Then they use that as an outline for their writing. cool.

Used this in EDTEC 700. I liked it better than google docs.

There are so many online tools out now for teaching how to write. Back in my day (which wasn't that long ago) The only technology we had was turnitin.com, a plagerism website. Now, using writing software (such as an updated version of turnitin.com, students can edit each others papers, teachers can track and edit changes to student papers and more!

This is a youth publishing site that provides young writers and illustrators with an online method for sharing their work with others. LaunchPad is different from other publishing sites in that submissions are accepted free of charge, which also means there is no physical book produced. There is also an editorial team that reviews each submission and only accepts those they deem worthy. The submission process is very easy, consisting of filling out a handful of informational boxes and uploading the doc or image file. Students are required to provide a parent's email address as a security method. This is a great site to share with your students, especially for those interested in writing!

Great eLearning blog containing up to date information about eLearning ideas, technology, use in the classroom and techniques. Contains an excellent post about Twitter for Learning for all of us new to Twitter. This post alone contains about 50 links for using Twitter in the classroom, Twitter Guides and tools, and uses for Twitter for elearning. I have been bookmarking a lot of blogs lately and this particular one contains a wealth of information, infinite links and is well organized, simple and the author's writing is straightforward and clear. Look forward to following him and reading more about his ideas.

If any of you have had the training on foldables, you will love this site about online flip books. Flip books are easy to make foldable books that flip or turn horizontally or vertically. It allows you to create online flip books in four simple steps'; name your pages, pick a printer, add text and print. In the add text section you have a few options for templates and styles and the book can be printed in either color or black and white. These books can be used for vocabulary in any subject, plots, character studies, writing, student bios you name it. Kids can definitely use this website easily as well as the teacher.