Plurk

Plurk is an online social networking website that allows you to send an receive plurks between people and your friends.

"Plurk is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you to send and receive updates (plurks). This application allows you to plurk directly from your iPhone/iPod touch taking full advantage of your mobile device. You can: - View your timeline - Read and respond to plurks on your timeline - Compose plurks be it public or private plurks - View you and your friends profiles"--wareseeker.com

Some of the benefits of this website is that you are able to look at your timeline, as well as communicate with other people in an instant, many of these communications and plurks can be tied directly to their cell phones. Meaning they are tied in at all times to what is going on in this social network. This tool would be especially useful for a teacher to make a profil for the class and allow students to ask question at any time of the day as well as get help from other students on their homework.

Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQ-U2ZYvhs

Online resources: http://www.ehow.com/how_4832730_use-plurk-promote-website.html http://templatize.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-plurk-plurk-parts-and-how-to-use.html http://www.plurk.com/faq