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A discussion of using Facebook in a college classroom "Moreover, the students essentially ran the group. Although I wrote posts and comments, students wrote over 90 percent of the posts and over 80 percent of the comments. These included everything from asking for notes, getting clarification on points made in lecture, posting videos and images that pertained to class material, forming study groups, noting relevant events on campus, and congratulating class members on specific accomplishments. Sometimes these posts were made during class, right after I discussed something. I thought that this behavior would bother me, but it simply added to the value of the group and reinforced the spontaneity of interaction."

Pew Research Center's most recent survey on Facebook users and how they "come and go"

This article brings up many topics about our current social media use like whether or not it brings people together or keeps them apart. The article discusses how people used to be and are now (people are living more solitary lives, gathering less, meeting less people, and feeling like they have no one to talk to). It also includes many statistics and examples to analyse the effects of Facebook on today's society.

Douglas Rushkoff explains why he's quitting FB

Okay, this article is from October 2011, however, I still think it brings up important questions about freedom of speech/expression on social networking sites.

A useful search engine for searching Twitter, Facebook, and other sites

Don't get left behind! Here are some awesome new things that are occuring on social networking sites including the new facebook chat heads, linkedin mobile, and twitter music!

Real reason why Instagram chose Facebook over Twitter. Could come in handy some day.

This "Facebook" timeline shows the history of the world through status updates and posts. I plan to use some of these posts when I teach about historical events!

I thought this was a very creative, entertaining way to interpret historical events. I can see it being used to get a very, very general idea of what happened in our history. However, if I were a parent, I do not think I would appreciate this being used as a teaching device. I scanned through the WWI and WWII section and wasn't fond of the way the information was presented. The formatting made the wars seem less serious than they were. But I suppose this project was meant to be amusing. I thought it was much more successful to explain other events; for example, when Earth joins the solar system after the Big Bang, meets atmosphere, and is "in a relationship" with water.

How do you handle awkward social situations? This article answers the question of "do I say hi to someone who I am distant Facebook friends with, even though we haven't communicated in years"? Also, "what gift is appropriate to give for an online wedding?" What do you think of these solutions?

A discussion of the privacy ramifications for Facebook's new emoticon feature that it's rolling out

Finally! The day has come! We will know if social media increases sales.

This searchable database allows you to look at archived webpages. Look at Google, Facebook, and many more throughout their internet history. Super cool, and possibly beneficial for final projects?

i have hears of this before. they track what you like so when you are on other websites it shows you advertisements that interest you. its all about the advertisement.

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This is pretty nice! Finally no more ads about politics.

By applying machine learning and natural language understanding techniques the health of Twitter users and people in their area can be determined with high accuracy by plotting geo-tagged tweets on a map. I posted this article because it makes me wonder how else we can use social networking site's public data to predict information beneficial of everyone--not just site users.

Amanda, this was a great article! I never thought about even trying to map something like this! It reminds me of when the Packers lose, and my Facebook explodes; I'd like to see how those status updates change the further away you get from Green Bay, then Wisconsin, etc.