When I began to understand who knew what in the world of social media in education, I narrowed my focus to the most knowledgeable and adventurous among them
I paid attention to the people the savviest social media educators paid attention to
teach critical thinking online and had written a blog post about Crap Detection 101,
it's also about sharing with the right people. Circles will allow what educational consultant Tom Barnett calls "targeted sharing," something that will be great for specific classes and topics
Skype has become an incredibly popular tool to bring in guests to a classroom via video chat -
teachers are already talking about the possibility of not just face-to-face video conversation but the potential for integration of whiteboards, screen-sharing, Google Docs, and other collaborative tools
Google + seems like the solution for someone like me who wants to use the web to have conversations about school topics with students and parents and yet not have students and parents have access to my personal posts.