DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
You’ll know that (a) social media is everywhere and (b) it can be extraordinarily useful for teachers. Yet with only 26% of US teachers using Twitter, for example, there’s an industry-wide reticence to use social media in the classroom.
http://dailygenius.com/essential-teachers-guide-social-media/…
To help teachers navigate this ever-changing landscape of social media tools, here are some of the best guides on the web for four popular networks — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-resources-educators-matt-davis
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A great list of articles showing the benefits of using social media in education.
The power of connected learning expands the classroom to infinity and beyond, but students still need a teacher’s guidance.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/03/how-should-social-media-be-taught-schools…