Social+Networking

=Social Networking=

Certain web sites along with web applications allow for communities of people to come together online and create a large social network for sharing their ideas, interests, and projects via means of chat, email, messaging, blog posts, video, and discussion boards. Popular sites such as MySpace and Facebook are well known to students. Social networking sites can also be used to build online communities for educational purposes.

See how you can use social networking as a teacher here.
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[|Ning] Create your own social network or join an existing network. Search for existing educational Ning networks or start your own today.

[|Facebook] A social networking site that connects friends, relatives, and co-workers. Upload photos, videos, or interesting web links to share with others in your friend list.

[|Twitter] A social networking and micro blogging tool that allows users to upload mini posts (140 characters long) to the Twitter website. The user's profile can be set to public which anyone can view or set to private that only allows invited users to follow. Users receive updates through the Twitter website, RSS feeds, or even text messaging. Follow people of similar interests to find out what they are doing.