Social Media Tools  

Here are some ICT tools that will help you use social media to facilitate teaching and learning activities.

Fanschool

Web Based

Kidblog provides K-12 teachers with tools to safely publish student writing. Teachers can monitor all activity within a community of authors. Posts can even be public, but nothing goes live until a teacher approves it.

Edublog

Web Based

CampusPress provides a fully customizable WordPress platform, just like Edublogs, for your entire school, district, college or university. Easily create and run thousands of WordPress sites, brand yourself, and keep complete control over privacy, users and content.

Blogger

Web Based

Publish your passions your way. Whether you'd like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog for free.

Medium

Web Based/iOS/Android

Helps you create a network that enables you to make an impression on others. To make them think or change their minds. To teach them something or connect emotionally. Where the quality of the idea matters, not the author’s qualifications. A place where conversation pushes ideas forward and words still matter.

Facebook

Web Based/iOS/Android

Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.s, both premium services.

Twitter

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Follow your interests. Hear what people are talking about. Join the conversatioin. From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.

Pinterest

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Pinterest acts as a personalized media platform. Users can browse the content of others on the main page. Users can then save individual pins to one of their own boards using the "Pin It" button, with Pinboards typically organized by a central topic or theme.

Instagram

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.

Tumblr

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private. Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.

Youtube

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Flickr

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Photos and videos can be accessed from flickr without the need to register an account but an account must be made in order to upload content onto the website. Registering an account also allows users to create a profile page containing photos and videos that the user has uploaded and also grants the ability to add another flickr user as a contact.

FlipGrid

Web Based/ iOS/Android

Flipgrid is where your students go to share ideas and learn together. It’s where students amplify and feel amplified. It’s video the way students use video. Short. Authentic. And fun! That’s why it’s the leading video discussion platform used by tens of millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families in 150 countries.

WordPress

Web Based

Create a free website or build a blog with ease on WordPress.com. Dozens of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes.

Academia

Web Based

Social networking and information sharing for academics.

Research Gate

Web Based

Social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.

Twiducate

Web Based

Social Networking & Media For Schools

Fakebook

Web Based

Fakebook allows teachers and students to create imaginary profile pages for study purposes.