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=Social Networking Tools=

Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/ Social networking for a __school__ or classroom.

Edublogs. edublogs Create student & __teacher__ blogs for sharing/collaborating/documenting what happens in your classroom. Free and gives ability to lock down to invitees only.

Facebook @http://facebook.com 100 Updated Ways to Teach with Facebook []

Imbee [] This is a great tool for creating your own secure social __network__ for your __students__.

Learnist @http://learni.st/ Think Pinterest for learning!

PearlTrees @http://www.pearltrees.com/ A cross between social bookmarking and mindmapping

Phile [] __Create__ your own __public__ or private social network

Pinterest @http://pinterest.com Four Ways to Use Pinterest in the Classroom Ex: Classroom Freebies

__Plurk__ - [] A social Micro __blogging__ site. Works in a timeline __fashion__ where micro bloggs are post horizontally instead of vertically.

Posterous [] A blog, a website, your own social network, etc.

Social Networking 101 __online__ "course" from PCMagazine []

Twextra [] __Create__ __rich__ text messages for Twitter, __LinkedIn__, etc.

Twitter [|http://twitter.com] Twitter is a great way to stay in contact with people all over. You can just watch and listen, or you can join the conversation and "tweet" yourself. It's a great professional development tool!

For more info, check out CybraryMan's Twitter page: Jerry Blumengarten's twitter chats page Weekly chats on twitter will help improve your practice. Check here for an exhaustive tweetchat schedule: Educational Twitter Chat Calendar

Highly recommend following these hashtags: #edchat (general __education__) #gtchat (gifted ed) #sschat (social studies) #ntchat (new teachers) #kinderchat (kindergarten) #elemchat (elementary school) #edtech (educational technology--not strictly K-12). media type="custom" key="21005532"


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