TogetherWeShouldBe

I have to start off by answering the second question first. I have not personally seen any social networking technologies used for educational purposes. However, I have seen applications like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp used to pass along information to students or for students to share things amongst themselves. Vicki Davis has some neat ideas for using social media in the classroom. In her article A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom , Davis describes how to link writing skills using social media apps to include email with lessons on culture and diversity. Her idea is to have students find pen pals around the globe with whom they will communicate over social media. Other ideas include having students run their own blog site, make YouTube videos of group project work that takes place inside and outside of the classroom, and to use video teleconferencing to read the same book written in different languages with students in other countries. These same ideas can be used ...

Prezi, which can be found at https://prezi.com/ ,   is an alternative to the more widely used Microsoft PowerPoint for developing presentations. One of the most beneficial aspects of using this app is that it is cloud based, so the user can get to their presentation on a connected computer. This can be a hinderance for some unless they are willing to pay for an account which will allow them to use to continue working on the desktop without a connection. Some features that make Prezi more visually appealing than other presentations is that all of the information is one large canvas, but individual topics can still be easily located on separate “slides.”   Zoom Reveal is one of the most distinguishing functions of Prezi. On what would appear to be a single picture of section of words can actually contain other hidden information that will be zoomed in on with the simple push of a button. I have used this app to make a few presentations, but I have not paid for an account so ...