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Find all Online tools and applications on one page.. Really great site.

This article, written by the co-founder of Buffer, compiles the findings of several social media studies and provides interesting insights and statistics about social media. Because much of the article is about how people use social media and what people expect from social media, as well as how and when are the best times for companies to use social media tools, this article is very helpful to those using web 2.0 technology for work purposes.

NMC Horizon Report > 2014 K-12 Edition Preview - my social media bible.

Sounds useful for the assignment for those looking at academic libraries

Thanks Maddy - very relevant :)

School Libraries 21C Report - my other bible.

In a pilot study the author found the approach to social media access for school students and teachers differed according to sector. State schools had a "walled garden" approach while independent schools "empowered and managed". The differences were attributable to either risk aversion or bandwidth management or both. This was found to contribute to the digital divide between "information-rich and information-poor" with state students disadvantaged in the development of digital literacy.

Daniel Churchill. New Literacies Team starting point