Business. Facebook Announces Groups for Schools. Facebook has just announced Groups for Schools, which will allow people with an active school email address to join groups at their college or university. According to an update on Facebook’s Announcements page by engineer Michael Novati, users will soon be able to see what’s happening on a particular campus by joining various groups. There will be options for you to discuss classes with other people in your major, to plan upcoming events with girls in your sorority, or to share photos with friends in your dorm. Facebook says, “We are also introducing file sharing for these groups, to make it even easier to share lecture notes, sports schedules or class assignments.”
Facebook. Facebook Apps for eLearning. Facebook has been making many inroads into education over the last few years.
Many institutions are using Facebook sites to publicize events on campus, as well as to aid in their recruiting. As well, many students, instructors and administrators are using a number of Facebook applications for a wide variety of academic purposes. Recently we’ve been examining a number of Facebook apps that are relevant for educational use. We’ve assembled a small list of 20 facebook apps here and are happy to have others add additional apps to the list that you’ve found helpful.