The possibilities for using social networks in education are limitless!
One major consideration is age restriction- Facebook, Twitter and Ning are all superb tools but are not suitable for Primary school use as they have a 13+ age disclaimer. I have included Edmodo as an excellent alternative for Primary school classrooms. Edmodo is a "closed" social network that has an interface very similar to Facebook but is password protected and can allow a classroom teacher to control the content.
A social network can also be established using Google Sites. With a class site, a variety of pages can be added to allow comments, discussions, links, uploaded documents etc. In this way a Google Site can operate in very much the same way as a "social network".
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