Facebook

__What is Facebook__?
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__Reasons for Use in Education__
[|100 ways you should be using Facebook] in your classroom. Great apps, resources, examples.

__Ease of Use__
Easy to set up a separate classroom account for both teachers and students.

__Resources__
[|How to Teach a Class Using Facebook] [|Drive Belonging and Engagement in the Classroom Using Facebook] - great examples and good walk through as to how to set up a Facebook course.

**Facebook Apps for Education**


**For Students**
These tools are great for making easy work of studying, research, and more.
 * 1) ** [|Books iRead] **: Share the books you're reading, and see what others think of books with this application.
 * 2) ** [|DoResearch4me] **: This app makes it easy to gather information using your thesis statement, instructions, and more.
 * 3) ** [|Flashcards] **: With this application, you can create flash cards to help you study on Facebook.
 * 4) ** [|Wikiseek Search] **: Use this research tool to find Wikipedia articles and more through Facebook.
 * 5) ** [|JSTOR Search] **: Find full text research articles on Facebook with this application.
 * 6) ** [|Notely] **: Organize your school life with Notely, an app that helps you wrangle your calendar, notes, assignments, and more.
 * 7) ** [|Study Groups] **: Get everyone together on your group project by collaborating with this application.
 * 8) ** [|Get Homework Help] **: This application will get you connected with tutors and other students that can help you with your assignments.
 * 9) ** [|Notecentric] **: Take notes right inside of Facebook and share them with classmates using this application.
 * 10) ** [|Class Notes] **: Use this application to find scanned notes for your classes on Facebook.

**For Teachers and Administrators**
Share assignments, slides, and so much more with these applications.
 * 1) ** [|BookTag] **: This app offers a great way to share and loan books out to students, plus create helpful quizzes for studying.
 * 2) ** [|Webinaria Screencast Recorder] **: Record a video for students, and share it with this application.
 * 3) ** [|Mathematical Formulas] **: Distribute formulas, solutions, and more with this application.
 * 4) ** [|SlideShare] **: Create presentations to send to students with this slideshow application.

**For Everyone**
These apps are great for just about anyone
 * 1) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|Calendar] **: This calendar app from 30 Boxes lets you organize your days, set reminders and share your calendar with others.
 * 2) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|To-Do List] **: Stay on top of your tasks with this Facebook to-do application.
 * 3) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|Zoho Online Office] **: With this office application, you can keep all of your documents online, and even share them with classmates, students, and colleagues.
 * 4) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|Courses] **: Courses offers loads of functionality for online education, with features that let you add your courses, post announcements and assignments, create discussions and form study groups.
 * 5) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|Files] **: Powered by Box.net, this application makes it easy to store and retrieve documents in Facebook, so you can access them anywhere you have a connection.
 * 6) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|WorldCat] **: Use WorldCat to do research, catalog your library's collection, and share information with students.
 * 7) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|HeyMath!] **: These mini-movies explain difficult math concepts, so these are great to share with students or use on your own.
 * 8) <span style="list-style-position: inside; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** [|CourseFeed] **: Take advantage of CourseFeed's class sharing, announcements, file storage, notifications, and more on Facebook.

__Examples__
[|Using Facebook as an LMS] Swedish teacher examines using Facebook in his class. Good outline. [|Facebook as an LMS report #1] [|Facebook as an LMS report #2] [|Facebook as an LMS report #3] [|Facebook as an LMS report #4] [|Games] on Facebook with educational value.