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From Faculty Focus, this brief article advocates using social media rather than traditional Learning Management Systems like Blackboard.

Posted to Mashable Social Media just 3 hours ago, this article reports on data from the bookmark sharing site AddThis (http://www.addthis.com/) to help explain the benefits, habits, and phenomenon of bookmark sharing.

A how to article

This website is a compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher's tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom. These resources are categorized under four categories: Social Learning, Learning, Lesson Planning and Tools, and Useful Tools. The "Social Learning" section includes tools that use social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Tools listed under "Learning" includes educational resources to help teachers make lessons fun, interesting and more effective. "Lesson Planning and Tools" provides teachers with tech tools to pull together lessons and design amazing and memorable student projects. Last but not least, "Useful Tools" can help teachers stay connected, organized, and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools.

An extensive list of links and explanations for updating your class with new technologies.

The small business guide to search marketing: learn about analytics, blogging, link building, mobile marketing, search engine optimization and much more

This article is written by Dr. Campbell, it talks about the importance of integrating Technology into the classroom. She talks about how students love social media and using their phone. Therefore, it is important for a teacher to continuously utilize these tools to further interest and engage the students in the classroom. She also talks about various tools the teachers can use in the classroom to further interest the students in the curriculum. Such tools may include Prezi, Voicethread, Tagxedo, and Museum Box.

Social media, which has become an essential for kids and techno-savvy adults, is now entering the realm of public education as well. Schools and districts across the country are leaping aboard the Facebook bandwagon, creating pages that allow students and staff to interact during and after school hours.

Great source for librarians! Contains articles about Twitter, social media, web 2.0, library leadership and much more!

A collection of rubrics for assessing cooperative learning, research process/ report, PowerPoint, oral presentation, web page, blog, wiki, and other social media projects.

I have to admit that this is one of my favorite social media sites for teaching resources.

Oh, Twitter. You're so useful for teachers. You connect educators so that they can share tools, tips and tricks, offer insight, and support one another. You bring your sexy social media-ness into the classroom to keep kids interested in what they're learning when they think they're actually (sort of) having fun instead.

Edmodo: Social Media for the Classroom!

Florida Department of Education | Official Pinterest account for Florida Dept. of Education.

Wow! This Pinterest account has more for teachers than the regular web site! I love it! Very nice incorporation of social media as well.

A pinspiring place for teachers to find and share creative ideas. Follow these boards for lesson plans, classroom decor and lots more for lively learning.