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Twitter and LinkedIn have partnered up so that "tweets" are now a part of LinkedIn, which is a social networking site for professionals.

Intesesting article about LinkedIn and other social networks such as FaceBook, Twitter, and Google+   Not directly related to education but does speak to the role of social networks in the 21st century

"Omnihours enables you to schedule video-chat meetings with students in your MOOC class. A Linkedin account is required for registration."

#3 on the list - Death of the Traditional textbook

Here is the direct link to the article - http://mashable.com/2011/12/21/education-2011/

"Good teaching was not defined by test results. Instead, its attributes were identified on a nine-item scale, which included student appraisals of how well the teacher organized material, used class time, explained directions, and reviewed the subject matter."

Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web

Are we transliterate enough when we are learning and experimenting things.  Another example I can think of for transliteracy is the awareness of updating one's status messages in various places. For example, a status message on one's FB page is quite different from one's LinkedIn Profile to one's style of tweeting to one's IM status message.  Being aware of what kind of thoughts go where is an important transliterate skill to have. Thoughts?

Interesting comments on Sherry Turkle's new book "Alone Together", a criticism on the pervasiveness of social media

This is evidence as to why predicting tech trends beyond 12-18 months is a fool's errand. Who could have foreseen the IPhone's rapid ascendancy? And later the IPad?

"Are spam, hackers, privacy concerns and commercialization killing social media?"

Interesting report contradicting some previous findings about the link between technology and social isolation.