Social+Media+Tools

An article of how New Media is used in schools for educational purposes.

Social Media Platforms mainly uses for:
 * 1) Communication – blogging, microblogging, social networking, events management, advocacy and fundraising eg. Followme, foursquare, PLURK, Linkedin
 * 2) Collaboration / Authority building – Wikis, Social bookmarking, social news, content management systems, document management tools eg. PBworks
 * 3) Multimedia – photography and art sharing, video sharing, Livecasting, Music and Audio Sharing, Presentation Sharing eg.YouTube, flickr, photobucket
 * 4) Reviews and Opinions – Product Reviews, Business Reviews, Community Q&A eg. Tripadvisior, Answers.com, YahooAnswers

Edmodo
[]# Linkedln – professional network Bebo.com (social network for kids), MySpace, Twitter, Slashdot Nuffnang (Advertisment on Blogs) China Social Media Site QQ

Facebook.com
Using facebook in classrooms for: - **Online discussion** - **Disseminating updates regarding module** - **Arranging mtgs** - **Posting of links to interesting articles** - **Real-time chatting** - **Sharing of event albums**