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A growing number of kids at increasingly younger ages are engaging in online social networking today-a development that is leading to a surge of news stories, media attention, and economic investment. In this paper, produced with the generous support of Cisco Systems and the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California, Irvine, scholars Sara Grimes and Deborah Fields argue that these shifts in usage and public discussion demand a better understanding of the ways that social networking sites mediate kids' socializing and the opportunities and limits they place on kids' participation, particularly for young children.

Pulling together a social media experience on your mobile phone. This might be work that could lead to educational platforms on the mobile device in the US.

Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites

A social network for educators interested in Web 2.0 technologies. Here you can connect with other educators who are interested in talking about the challenges and opportunities of using Web 2.0 technologies in all kinds of learning settings.

It looks like many people are starting to use real names and not just monikers as the value of transparency increases among social network participants.

Social media and social activism

social e-reading for cellphones - what leverage does this provide?

Interesting look at a few sites and technologies targeted toward college students to "assist" them in learning and studying. The question is...are these actual beneficial to students or is the focus simply on making money for the companies producing these sites?

Mixing social media and academic learning may be difficult

A new social network for colleges and universities called "GoingOn." Maybe the new Edmodo for higher ed? This article is a Q&A with the designer. Something interesting to keep your eyes on...

Coming to terms with "Friendship" in a (socially) networked world.

privacy law needs an update in the post-Internet age--the government is monitoring social networking sites

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

"unfriend" has been chosen to be the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. unfriend = remove someone from your friend list on a social networking site.

This company has raised $7 million dollars in venture capital money to develop an online test prep web site that hopes to encourage students to spend time preparing for tests such as the SAT by eliminating deterrents such as scheduling conflicts and location issues and adding a social networking aspect.

Many of the schools with which I come in to contact- including mine- reinvent the wheel when it comes to acceptable use policy at great expense of time and often little influence of "best practice." Why not make use of the good work and attention that has been deliberated by other educators who have already wrestled through the problem.

How social media facilitates learning a foreign language online for free.

Written by Jason Rosenthal Social media was originally all about broadcasting to the world - or at a minimum, your select group - about your likes, dislikes, or even what kind of eggs you had this morning. But social media today… well, it's not just for breakfast anymore.

This article contradicts other studies that suggest we are feeling more socially isolated because of the rise of the internet and wireless media.

Harvard Business Publishing Online forcasts six trends in social media. "70% of organizations ban social media."