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Atlantic article on SM in HE. Some good stuff about attitudes and the failure of the academy to maintain pedagogical control. Examples tho' seem to come from courses teaching 'about' SM, not 'through' SM.

SM can alter collective action dynamics. Post euphoria post on SM & the Arab Spring

Connecting the LMS, the SMS and Turnitin in a workflow.

Like Votapedia, create audience polls that can be answered using SMS, Twitter, website etc.

Neil Selwyn essay on SM in HE. Looks good (and academic) but need to come back and read properly!

"fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables you to access & interact with your social networks on-the-go, make free calls and live chat with all your fring, Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!™ and AIM®* friends using your handset's internet connection rather than costly cellular airtime minutes."

Crystal's relaxed style and unassuming manner are at the forefront as he discusses the impact of texts and tweets on written language use. Crystal is actually quite positive about their impact and discusses findings relating the number of texts a student sends and their attainment in formal testing - contrary to conventional wisdom texting is actually positively related to school achievement. 

Some posts on using twiiter by phone and also FeedTwit

Big set of resources on using social media. Mainly aimed at non-profits but many monitoring tools and tutorials that should make it useful for a range of people - education included.