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Great read! Provides great examples of using social media in education

By Pamela Pollara in Educational Technology and E-learning. The acceptance of Facebook by school-aged users is evident, but the potential of using social networking sites for educational purposes is still being debated. This paper explores the use of Facebook within a high school science-mentoring program.

This link explores how facebook can be used in education. I found it very interesting.

Good advice for educators using social networking

The first step towards applying social media into education starts with empowering teachers by giving them freedom to use social media to engage with students and giving them the freedom to come-up with innovative ways of teaching using technology.

Using Ipads for learning in higher education, including a list of apps and suggestions for implementing them.

Link to Blog describing first use of twitter in higher education classroom, provides tweets to follow and examples of "twitter assignments"

Very interesting statistics in this piece. I wonder how comparable these figures would be to Canadian colleges and universities.

An article on using Twitter in Education

I use this page to keep up with dental education

Example of how to use Facebook in education.

Pinterest is a social network which allows you to share and comment on visual material, which could be photographs, sketches, videos or web pages. Like a virtual scrapbook, but very public, you can collate the items that you love. This post explores some uses for it in education

Views on Social Media in the Classroom from 7 different educators!

Social networking is important for students' success. These ideas will help,

A way to communicate (Google Voice) with students and/or parents in lieu of personal number.

Interesting idea; social media for professional development in higher education.

Having used Twitter for the first time this week in our Technology Tools class, I am intrigued by its potential application to online classes. This article discusses some possible ideas.

This is a good resource. Thank you!

I share your sentiments about practical use in the classroom. Thanks for sharing.

This link provides the reader with a brief description on Poll Everything and how use it. You can see how the polls are written and the various way one might use this site for business, personal or educational purposes on a cell phone, twitter or the web.

Social media may have started out as a fun way to connect with friends, but it has evolved to become a powerful tool for education and business. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and tools such as Skype are connecting students to learning opportunities in new and exciting ways.

I like this site as it offers innovate ideas for bringing social media into classrooms. It also categorizes the suggesions by levels - K-12 and college. It also gives suggestions for students' use and for teachers' use.

I never thought Snapchat would work in a classroom setting. I think it's time for me to stop being too old school and meet my students in the middle and allow them to enjoy my messages in whatever reasonable way that is necessary.

This helps. It gives a good path to how to use this teaching and learning tool.