I use Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends. My stepkids and grandkids post pictures almost daily, as do many of my cousins. I might create a Facebook account for my students, but I do not really want my students seeing my personal account. I already have a blog for assignments and updates, and use Scriblink a couple of times a week to help students with assignments. I will have to play around with Twitter to see if I think it is more useful or versatile than what I am currently doing.
I can see that back-channeling would be much more comfortable for students that do not like to participate in classroom discussions. Most of our students are used to email and blogging and would be more likely to use one of these mediums instead of speaking out in class. Student could use this to send questions during a lesson that they might not ask out loud.
There are so many things that can be used, it's difficult to pick the best. I will see how my students like some of these new 2.0 features this year and let everyone know how they are working.
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