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Students at almost 500 Australian schools are running Facebook pages dedicated to humiliating their peers.

Ideas for library displays on this page.

"Our 'digital natives' may be able to flit between Facebook and Twitter while simultaneously uploading a selfie to Instagram and texting a friend," state the researchers from the Stanford History Education Group. "But when it comes to evaluating information that flows through social media channels, they are easily duped."

Search for poems by poet, poem, seasonal themes, themes, poets birthdate etc. Share them using Facebook, Twitter and Tumbir. Have poetry on you when you are mobile with the app.

"Similar to Facebook, you must be 13 or older to sign up for Goodreads, which helps to explain why it's a useful tool for recommending books to young adults. It's also a great way to stay in touch during the summer, because students can see what their librarians or teachers are reading. And since kids can write reviews for the site, it also offers them opportunities to offer an in-depth analysis of the titles they've read."

"Over the last month I've started using Diigo as my primary tool for bookmarking links. Yesterday, Diigo released a new version of their browser extension. The updated extension includes some features that are quite handy. The most significant of the updates is a streamlined screenshot process. Now you can click the browser extension to take a screenshot of the page that you're viewing. "

Creating and sharing beautiful fliers - used this with year 3 students to display their Australian animal research. Easy and attractive way to become web creators, fliers can be shared on Facebook, email etc

Good video on cyber safety for middle school students.