Since social networking is such a huge part of our students’ lives, we should be incorporating it into the classroom. Both students and teachers can benefit from using such tools. Collaboration and communication can be made easier by using these technologies. Since technologies are here to stay, we might as well make the best of it and use it to our students’ advantage.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/05/20/teaching-in-a-socially-networked-classroom/