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Social Networks

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Description

Social networking websites help gather people together to create communities with similar interests, activities, ideas, and regions. When used properly, they can be very effective tools of communication in education as well as help students and faculty build and maintain long-lasting connections and friendships.

Information

7 Things You Should Know About Facebook
7 Things You Should Know About Facebook II
7 Things You Should Know About Ning
7 Things You Should Know About Twitter

What Others Are Saying

Let's Just Be Friends
Facebook and Faculty: A Small Tale of Utility
Working in Facebook
Facing Up to Facebook
For Professors, 'Friending' Can Be Fraught

Social Networking Websites

Facebook
MySpace
Ning
Twitter

Extra Resources

Blackboard Sync for Facebook
Twitter Tools, Tweaks and Theories

Facebook