Udemy Offers Loads of Free Online Classes

How would your students like to take classes in product development with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? They can on Udemy's wonderful website. With ninety percent of the classes free, Udemy offers an array of categories, such as Language, Music, Test Prep, Technology and Internet and much more. Udemy also allows you to create your own online course.

Students Love My Big Campus' Facebook Interface

The first time I saw Edmodo, I knew that students would find it "cool". That's because the interface looks like Facebook, right down to the color choices. Several teachers in our school have been using Edmodo with great success, enjoying the safe web environment. Enter My Big Campus, an online program which also looks like Facebook, and in a safe environment allows students to store files, (say goodbye to the school's server) monitor assignments and due dates, interact with their peers in class and collaborate. They can also access normally blocked videos. Teachers can create quizzes, create blogs, post videos and more. All of this is within the My Big Campus interface.If you have been using My Big Campus, please share your experience with everyone by posting. I'm interested in seeing how it compares to Edmodo. Here's a short video about My Big Campus:

Facebook in the Classroom: 21 Web Resources (If you're not blocked)

20 Reasons You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom
 

25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom

The Best Reason for Teachers to Use Facebook- from Tech the Plunge

A Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook- written by Bernadette Rego; 22 pages

Creating a Facebook Page for Your School- written by Brad Flickinger

Facebook Guidelines- Papillion-La Vista School District

Facebook4Education Wiki- started by Michael Zimmer

Facebook as an Instructional Technology Tool

Facebook in Education- Facebook's official page

Facebook Profile Template- created by Suzanne Witlow, this is a Word document

Facebook Strategies For the Classroom

Facebook Templates- choose from a list of six, including a page for JFK

Historical Figure Facebook Project- students will create a Facebook page for a historical figure; lesson plan and instructions are here.

How to Maximize Facebook Privacy

How to Set Up a Facebook Account-from eHow

How to Use Facebook: Video Series- eHow;  video tutorials

Rules and Reasons for Using Facebook in the Classroom

Tips for Teachers on Facebook- keep students from seeing things your friend are allowed to see

Using Facebook in Education

Using Facebook to Teach- history teacher Sara Romeyn talks about using Facebook in her classroom:

Using Facebook in the Classroom: 29 Tips, Templates and Alternatives

My school has blocked Facebook. It's not the end of the world, and I do understand the administration's concerns. Since I don't see anything changing in the next year, I've suggested that  my teachers should use alternatives, including templates, MyFakeWall and Edmodo. The list below covers everything, whether or not you are able to access Facebook in your school. If you have anything to add, please do so. I'm always ready to try new things!


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10 Tips for Using Facebook in the Classroom- from Michael Zimmer

20 Reasons You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom

25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom

A Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook- written by Bernadette Rego; 22 pages

Creating a Facebook Page for Your School- written by Brad Flickinger

Facebook4Education Wiki- started by Michael Zimmer

Facebook as an Instructional Technology Tool

Facebook in Education- Facebook's official page

Facebook Profile Template- created by Suzanne Witlow, this is a Word document

Facebook Strategies For the Classroom

Historical Figure Facebook Project- students will create a Facebook page for a historical figure; lesson plan and instructions are here.

How to Maximize Facebook Privacy- YouTube video

How to Use Facebook: Video Series- eHow; 15 videos

Rules and Reasons for Using Facebook in the Classroom

Tips for Teachers on Facebook- keep students from seeing things your friend are allowed to see

Using Facebook in Education

Using Facebook to Teach- history teacher Sara Romeyn talks about using Facebook in her classroom; YouTube video

Facebook Page Templates
Facebook in the Cloud Project- sample from English teacher's project on the book "The Outsiders"

J.F.K. Facebook Template- download the PowerPoint file and edit the information

Facebook Template Page- from TES Connect

Historical Figure Facebook Page- free download

Microsoft Word Facebook Template

Programs Which Look Like Facebook (and won't be blocked at your school)

Edmodo- social network can be used in your classroom; interface looks a lot like Facebook so students will like it

Fake Convos- create fake Facebook newstreams

Fakebook

Historical Facebook Template- from GoogleDocs

MyFakeWall

The Wall Machine