Set up a dedicated Facebook group for your class
A Facebook group can allow your students to create discussion boards,
communicate with each other and their teacher, and can be linked with online
projects & other classroom groups. Teachers can use these groups to send out
mass messages, reminders, and potentially even post homework assignments.
Use Facebook Apps
Facebook is more than a place to tag photos from last night’s not-so-clever
encounter with tequila. It is now a platform that runs on mobile devices, and
can be integrated with applications designed for learning. From news to learning
a new language, there are many apps that allow searches and sharing across the
platform.
Follow news feeds
If your students are working on a project involving anything from current
affairs to piracy, Facebook news feeds can be an alternative to Twitter in order
to enrich a project with real-time opinion and commentary. Not only this, but
you can sign up and join groups focusing on certain areas; such as student
education, U.S. healthcare, or politics.
Practice foreign languages
As a traveler and advocate of language learning, I found Facebook to be one
of best resources in which to find ‘language buddies’ to practice your writing
skills in a secondary language. There are groups that are dedicated to this —
and you can get feedback on your attempts. It is also possible to find events
and links to language-based resources.
Follow figures of interest
This can be done on both Twitter and Facebook, especially since the Timeline
roll-out and subscription service began. You do not have to be friends with the
person you wish to follow — as long as they allow subscriptions to their
profile, any public updates
Use the Facebook Timeline for class projects
The Facebook Timeline feature may not be the site’s most popular update, but
it can be used to create a project more interesting than a traditional Power
Point presentation.
Use Facebook Questions and polls
Why not upload a photo to your class Facebook group and ask your students to
comment? There are cases of this feature being used as a way to ask questions or
set a class task — such as identifying a species of animal or important figure.
Polls can be also used for research, opinion, or to generate a later classroom
discussion.
The purpose of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is "to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living." Section 1400(d) The phrase "further education" and the emphasis on effective transition services is new in IDEA 2004. Section 1400(c)(14) describes the need to provide "effective transition services to promote successful post-school employment and/or education. (See "Findings and Purposes" in Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, pages 45-48)
(A) is designed to
be a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional
achievement of the child with a disability to
facilitate the child's movement from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary education,
vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment),
continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community
participation;