Social+Networking

Link to Content Literacy Ning Teacher Network
The Content Literacy Ning that CTL supports is an example of a social network bringing teachers together to promote intelligent instruction.

Overview
Social networking in education is simply providing students an organized site for students to gather, interact, share, collaborate, create, edit, discuss, and get feedback for learning purposes.

Uses of Social Networking in the Education
As mentioned above there is a wide variety of uses for social networking activities in education. Rather than list all of them here, I think the better thing to do is to just make the statement that if you want students to communicate in anyway about a content issue, it can be done using social media.Thoughts from Steve Hargadon on educational uses of social networks.

Active Discussion Page
Please click [|here] for a discussion page on this technology.

Specific Program Links

 * [|ePals Global Community], a social learning network designed for K12 students, with almost 13 million K12 students and teachers and built with security features with K12 students in mind
 * [|FaceBook]
 * [|Imbee]- A social networking site similar in nature to My Space.
 * [|Mosoto] With Mosoto you can easily share files, chat with friends and discover people and media in your social network. Mosoto is built on top of facebook. Primarily a chat tool.
 * [|MySpace]
 * [|Ning] A pay tool that can be used to create a controlled environment for students to gather, share, create, and collaborate for educational purposes
 * edmodo An LMS created by teachers for teachers. It is currently free, but is adding premium features slowly.
 * [|Twitter>]- Microblogging tool designed for easy syndication of short excerpts/posts. Lots of educational uses if interested.
 * Elgg A simple to use/create learning management tool centered around social media. Well suited for educational use, but the simple to use statement is a little misleading.
 * Grou.ps - A do it yourself networking tool. Still in Beta, but has some interesting possibilities.

Wikis Resources

 * @http://www.educationalnetworking.com/ Another Educational Networking site from Steve Hargadon
 * http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Impact+on+Education+SocialNetworking Overview of Social Networking's Impact on Education. Perhaps the most definitive work on social networking around.
 * http://parcepsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Social+Media+101 Resources from a presentation on using social media in classrooms
 * @http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Social_Networking_Technology_in_Education Great source of information from CTER at [|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]

Social Network Resources

 * [|Ning for Educators]
 * [|Classroom 2.0]
 * [|iTeach/iLearn]
 * [|Courses on Facebook Application]
 * [|Twitter for Newbies]
 * [|Content Literacy Ning]
 * Educational Networking List of Sites