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This blog provides some suggestions for using YouTube in the classroom. It also describes other educational video resources.

This blog post outlines types of social media that can be used in the classroom. These include Twitter, blogs, Flickr, Skype, and Pinterest, and Tumbl.

While many parents allow children free reign of the Internet at home, there is a debate on the pros and cons of digital devices at school. Let's take a look at some of the positives and negatives of electronic devices in the classroom for teacher and students.

Edpuzzle is a Web-based application that allows instructors (and students) to upload videos or use pre-existing streaming videos from YouTube or Vimeo and overlay test/assessment items to create a more interactive lesson. Instructors can stop videos at anytime and present assessment items to check for understanding. Videos become lessons and engaging presentations. Great for flipped classrooms...............and it's free!

Facebook isn't just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what's happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings.

Strategies for engaging more faculty to expand the use of technology in the classroom.

A new trend in education, reverse instruction involves students receiving instruction off-site and completing homework in-class.

Author writes about some of the same reasons we're learning to use these tools in the online environment; however, the use of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory as support for why these tools should be used is unusual.

Some useful classroom tips and resources from the UK

An article that shows how incorporating Twitter into the classroom can offer a new level of communication between students and their instructors, as well as their peers.

This article address some of the issues related to the use of social media in college.

A very thorough list on how to use Twitter for educational purposes!

Found some of the uses quite interesting

This article has quite a few quick and easy tip on how to incorporate technology into a classroom.

Teachers connect with classrooms around the world

"Move over, Facebook-if you teach middle or high schoolers, you know that Instagram is one of the most popular social media channels for teens and tweens today. And while it may not seem like it at first, there are many applications for Instagram in the classroom." The applications can go beyond high school age students.

Social Media | Feature There's an ongoing debate about the role social media should play in education. Advocates point out the benefits that social media provides for today's digital learners while critics call for regulation and for removing social media from classrooms. Finding a middle ground has become a challenge.

Just sharing another resource with the class. I hope this hasn't been posted already. Enjoy!

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.

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.