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The article is a great example of the debate surrounding the use of social networking in schools.

Article discusses the controversy pertaining to whether schools should ban social networking sites or teach students how to use the sites appropriately.

Social networking tool that provides "feedback." RateMyTeachers.com enables parents and students to rate high school teachers on easiness, helpfulness and clarity.

Multiverse client software helps users to create a network of other worlds; links to Hollywood may lead to movie tie-ins; Ed Castronova to develop the education MMO "Arden"

If you already think social networks give you a bit more information than you want about some people, TrueScoop's new Facebook application might make you cringe. It's completely free public records search, a service that lots of websites charge for, usually so potential employers can do background checks.

Social media allows for an immediate way to interact and engage with people and companies online. There are the obvious sites that allow for social networking, but social media done right can aspire to be so much more. We thought we'd highlight three notable Twiistup showoffs who are doing big things with social media.

Social networking site for educators.

Blogs, advice, and resources for teachers by teachers.

We all know Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing. But here is the intresting part, we know a lot about Google and about their products and services, In the screenshot let me show you what according to some intresting Twitter users Google is all about.

someone shared this on twitter and I thought it would help as we are working on Nings this week.

Facebook seems to get more similar to FriendFeed every day. The latest, the addition of an "I like this" link on News Feed items, is one of the more significant challenges to the lifestreaming service yet, as it essentially duplicates a major component of what makes FriendFeed tick - a simple, one-click display of indicating your liking of a specific item in a stream of activities and a view of all of the other people that have also liked it.

The Wall Street Journal claims that Facebook is talking to Nokia, but also Palm and other mobile phone manufacturers, trying to get a deal to better integrate Facebook's services into mobile phones.

I'm sure some of you have seen this as I found it through our reading, but I thought it was worth sharing in the group.

Interview with the author of "Grown Up Digital" Don Tapscott. Technological trends in education, understanding the educational needs of kids today.