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This is a wiki that has fantastic content regarding social networking tools that can be used for educational purposes - hence the term 'Educational Networking'

The Social Networking section of the 2013 State of America's Libraries Report from the American Library Association provides information about the use of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other Web 2.0 technologies in libraries including the increased use of gaming technology.

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

Antisocial networks

This is the summary that comes with the article. Social networking is a topic I have extensively covered here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning during this year. I am also preparing an ebook about it which I will publish here in the next coming weeks. Why next coming weeks and not this week ?

Social networking is a topic I have extensively covered here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning during this year. I am also preparing an ebook about it which I will publish here in the next coming weeks. Why next coming weeks and not this week ?

I could see using this in my College Success course. That class lends itself more to discussion in this forum.

Social network sites can be used for learning in Bloom's Taxonomy stages of: remembering when locating, 'liking', or recognizing; understanding when subscribing or tagging; and evaluating when justifying a decision, collaborating or networking via the site ( Churches, 2009).

Tips are geared toward K-12 grades, but some could be used for college classes.

Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry . They are wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of The following projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to Twitter 's format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies.

Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry . They are wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter 's format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies.

Great resource with descriptions of the dangers of social networking use without guarding one's private information. It includes a list of suggestions for how to more safely be "social."

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.

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

A Comparative Content Analysis of Student Interaction in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Networks Chou, C. C. A Comparative Content Analysis of Student Interaction in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Networks. By comparing the student interactions in synchronous and asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication systems, this paper scrutinizes the patterns of learner-learner interaction in a distance-learning environment. The study results showed the students spent more time in task-oriented interaction in asynchronous discussions than in synchronous mode.

Given the harsh criticisms that social networks commonly face when it comes to their use by teenagers, I thought it would be useful to post this newspaper piece that presents the opposite argument: Social media might be usually considered to be just places of the lurking danger of real-life social isolation (among more gruesome dangers in this context), but they could also be seen as places where a teenager can be inventive, discover aptitudes and of course develop his/her social skills. Also, it discusses research which shows that teenagers are more often than not well aware of the dangers that lie behind the (ab)use of social media.

Hmmm, should I share this with my teenage son?

Good article, though I am still sceptical!

Utube video about how students feel with social networking in university classes.

Interesting study by The National School Boards Association. Sponsorship from Microsoft, Newscorp and Verizon makes me suspicious though.

Report detailing the use of different types of social networking by nonprofit organizations.

Using social networking to support learning different learning styles

An interesting article about social networking and constructivist learning theory.

NextSpace asked nine experts for their thoughts about our increasingly online lives. The challenge is how to apply social networking in a digital age to enhance and extend the public service mission of libraries, museums and archives.

The Journal of Online Learning and Teaching The impact of social networks on lives of the majority of young adults has been enormous, although their impact on education is less well understood. Some consideration has been give to the role Facebook plays in higher education and in the transition from secondary to tertiary education, but little analysis has been conducted on the role of the microblogging social network Twitter. By examining the use made of this service by two cohorts of students, this study found that Twitter is easy for students to use and popular with the majority once they have experience with it. For this study different patterns of use between individuals in the study and between the two different student cohorts were observed, as was the emergence of informal online peer support networks. The results of this study suggest models for future use of microblogging services.

65% of adults now use social networking sites - a nearly tenfold jump in the past decade Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites, up from 7% when Pew Research Center began systematically tracking social media usage in 2005.

These statistics are another reason why the use of social media and other technology tools should be incorporated somehow within education.

Article about social networks for language learning