N.B. Educators: Social Media are now legitimate tools of modern life
I know that the Education Department I work for will soon be trialing an in-house, protected social network for Teachers and one for students. Are any others across the world ready to tackle the fact that social media are now legitimate, functioning tools of modern life. See this article for two examples of this (the recent Hudson river plane crash, and President Obama's harnessing of youtube and twitter) :
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/01/15/hudson-plane-crash-obama-show-social-media-legitimacySo while social media may not yet be required tools, their widespread use for modern two-way communication should get Educators thinking 'How can we use them to enrich learning and connect learners?'
