This is a great blog with contributions by many famous non-fiction authors (for kids). This particular entry by author Loreen Leedy does a nice job of explaining pinterest.
Little Space Heroes is a Virtual Universe for kids and families. It's an interactive, onlinemultiplayer game in which kids create their own hero and explore a galaxy full of funand adventure!Rated E for Everyone and awarded the Family Friendly Videogames Seal of Approval,Little Space Heroes is a story-driven online social game that allows players to createtheir own Space Hero and embark on an intergalactic adventure. Featuring characterpersonalization, solo and team gameplay, pets, quests and community activities, LittleSpace Heroes offers an age-appropriate and safe environment for kids to explore,make new friends and have fun online. All that is required to play is a computer connectedto the internet.
free service for creating and sharing collections of your favorite videos from YouTube, Vimeo, VEVO, and Hulu. Chill is kind of like Pinterest for videos. Using Chill you can add videos with your comments to categories that you create. Your videos appear like sticky notes on a wall. Chill allows you to follow other Chill users to discover and share new videos.
This particular entry addresses twitter, but there are many great things on this blog. How cool that a husband and wife blog together (can't imagine that happening at my house!) They include various resources, including history and elementary ed.