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Facebook vs Twitter comparison. People say that Facebook is for connecting with the people you went to school with and Twitter is for people you wished you had gone to school with. While Facebook is a multi-purpose social networking platform, allowing users to chat, post photos and notes...

A selection of Facebook Pages providing resources and dialogue focused on education and instructional technologies.

Thanks Rosa, this may just change my mind.

The main argument stems from the fact that the students (and most of the teachers) are already there. Facebook has 1.1 billion users, and despite reports that young people are drifting away from Facebook in favour of mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat, you'd be hard pressed to find a teenager in the UK without an account.

Using Facebook in Teacher Education

Example of how to use Facebook in education.

"Facebook pages for college classes? Students say yes, please"

A peer reviewed article from BYU that discusses the benefits and risks to technologies such as Facebook for academic purposes.

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.

Professional conduct rules justify U of M's punishment for unprofessional expression on Facebook

An interesting article on gender on Facebook

May 11th, 2010 Article that discusses some of the issues with privacy in using Facebook.

This article reports on the use of Facebook in a research methods course at the University of British Columbia.

100 ways to use Facebook!

How to use facebook as a class tool

Some interesting applications. Maybe I need to reconsider.

Do Popular Social Networking Applications Have A Place In The Classroom? A Growing Number Of Educators Say 'Yes'. The post, "100 Ways To Teach With Twitter", is one of the most consistently viewed article on this site. Similarly, "Facebook As An Instructional Technology Tool", resulted in the 2nd most trafficked day here in 2010.

Awesome article! Thank you.

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.

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

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

This is the article I found to use in my Discussion forum assignment for Mod 2. I will be discussing the uses of Facebook in class.

"MySpace, once Facebook's bitter rival, is embracing the social network in a big way today with the launch of status updating syncing for Facebook."