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EDOMODO- Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications.The goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner. The foreseeable problem with Edomodo is that a school district may not approve its use since they cannot control its content.

@http://www.edmodo.com/ I rate this site 5 STARS!

Facebook is a social networking service that provides a place to connect, collaborate, and post pictures. There are almost 1 billion users. The forseeable problem is that there is a lack of control as to what gets posted. I rate this 4 Stars 7 Ways Educators Can Use Facebook 1. Help develop and follow your school’s policy about Facebook. 2. Encourage students to follow Facebook’s guidelines. 3. Stay up to date about safety and privacy settings on Facebook. 4. Promote good citizenship in the digital world. 5. Use Facebook’s pages and groups features to communicate with students and parents. 6. Embrace the digital, social, mobile, and "always-on" learning styles of 21st Century students. 7. Use Facebook as a professional development resource.

[] YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. A forseeable problem is that some advertisements may be inappropriate for some audiences. I rate this 4 Stars