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My favorite letter Everyone asks me, "Now that I'm getting a better idea of what social media is, How do I actually apply it? Where do I start?"; Start with these, The Five P's of Social Media. The Five P's are; Profiles, Propagate, Produce, Participate, and Progress.

Social Media Schools - SocialMediaSchools.com is a website that documents and assists with the integration of Internet and social media technologies into the public and private school systems.

Twitter is one application of a broader category called microblogging. You've seen it on The View, you've watched it creep into night time dramas, you've heard it in the news, you've seen Larry King take on Ashton Kutcher with their one million follower challenge. Ashton Kutcher got over one million followers and beat Larry King / CNN. Ashton had 1,230,000+ and CNN had 980,000+ where the match actually bought malaria nets for children in Africa. Isn't this a great application of social media; helping kids?

"You don't want to be a stupid, lazy, callous, annoying, gullible jerk. Neither do I. So consider these tips. None of them alone will banish the dark side of social media, but they can't hurt."

A short explanation of social networking websites and why they are popular. This video comes in an unbranded "presentation quality" version that ca...

Pageflakes, the social personalized homepage, is revolutionizing how we how we start with and use the Internet. At www.Pageflakes.com, you can easily customize the Internet and make it yours using '"Flakes" - small, movable versions of all of your web favorites that you can arrange on your personal homepage. You can also participate in the Pageflakes community, sharing your page as a "Pagecast" with a private group or with the world, and connecting with other users across the globe. Over 235,000 Flakes and 140,000 Pagecasts are available for thousands of uses and interests, including Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, news, sports, e-mail, local events, search, photos, music, videos - even interactive tools like a calendar and a to-do list - and just about anything else you do on the web at school, work and at home. The Pageflakes user community creates and helps each other discover more new Flakes and Pagecasts every day. Pageflakes has thousands of Flakes (widgets or modules) including Facebook, a universal News Search, YouTube, Twitter, message board, blog, and hundreds of RSS feeds to choose from. Design and create a page that you can have for yourself or share with anyone you choose.

A blog is the most important thing that you can create for yourself and for your company.  It provides an environment that promotes two-way communication with your customers, your prospects, and establishes you as a thought-leader in your field.  Blogging is free, it's easy, and it doesn't take much time.  

SMART Technologies social network online community of educators

DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms