Social+Networking+and+Language+Exchanges

Social Networking Sites You can create a private social networking site for your students in which they can create profiles, write blogs, participate in a discussion forum, chat, and find links and course content. A social networking site can also be used to collaborate with other teachers, professionals, or community members. The following is a list of websites where you can create your own social networking site for **free:**
 * Edmodo (social networking for educators)
 * Spruz (good collection of functions including private groups, individual profiles, blogs, discussion forum, video, widgets; no advertising)
 * SocialGo
 * Grou.ps
 * [|EdWeb] (social networking specifically for educators)
 * Mixxt
 * Igloo Software
 * Zimbio
 * BigTent

Setting up Keypal Exchanges The following are some websites for teachers and language learners to set up a tandem language partner exchange (where participants are matched by each learning the other's native language), either on an individual basis or through a class-to-class exchange organized by teachers.
 * [|Mixxer Language Exchange (Dickenson College)]
 * [|MyHappyPlanet]
 * [|ePals]
 * WeSpeke