The class is designed to teach students about web applications, digital citizenship, personal network building, and social media responsibility and practice. This blog will be used to share with our readers the tools, websites, and web resources that students are learning about. We hope that you find a tool that you can utilize.

There are so many web applications available on the Internet that students may not even know exist. In this course, students will explore the Internet and take advantage of all that it has to offer. Students will learn that Google is more than just a search engine. They will discover various web applications that will help make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient. The web applications that will be explored include, but are not limited to: sharing buttons, blogs, avatars, RSS, social bookmarking, photo sharing/editing, audio and video, presentation, drawing, collaboration tools, and screencasts. Internet marketing and shopping sites will also be explored. Students will explore applications of which they can utilize to enhance both their learning and social experiences. Students will learn and practice digital literacy and responsibility, collaborate, share, create, socialize, and organize content, while demonstrating internet safety. Upon leaving this course students will be informed digital learner/citizen!


I LOVE LOVE LOVE looking for new tools to share with my students! I explore the web daily in search of new tools. I also gain knowledge from other Social Media blogs/websites who have found resourceful tools. Thank you to all of those experts who share their love for technology with the rest of us!


I also enjoy looking at the students creativity - through their blogs! My students love exploring Social Media! And will walk away with a collection of tools (their own Personal Learning Network) that will enhance their Internet experience both personally, educationally, and professionally.

Facebook Like Button

Add this add on to any page and it will allow your visitors to promote your pages on their Facebook profile.  


The social networking website Facebook has become increasingly prevalent in popular culture. Virtually anything, from the mainstream to the obscure, has a Facebook page or Facebook group dedicated to it. By adding a Facebook "Like" button to your blog/website, you can increase the amount of exposure the site gets through Facebook itself. Embedding a "Like" button requires an understanding of HTML, but the amount of time required can be reduced by using the code generating tools available on Facebook's Developers website.

Facebook has come up with Social plugins which enable you to provide engaging social experiences to your users with just a line of HTML. The Facebook Like Button is One of them. You can see a demo of the like button on my recipe blog page - which is on the right hand side of my blog (it will not show up here at school, due to the fact that FB is blocked). The Facebook like button will allow your readers to quickly share your posts with their Facebook Friends. You can also get to know how many people liked your Blog Post .  Follow the link below to add a Facebook Like button to your blog.

Here is the code - add a gadget and paste the following code:  Changing the red part to your blog address.

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=jamesfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=verdana&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>


Add a Like Button for Facebook on your blog!!
Get the code here!



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