A recent post from the popular social media website Mashable.com discussed the ways “social technology” is being embraced by innovative educators at a time when many school districts have blocked sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The article discusses examples of how secondary schools and universities in the U.S. and the U.K. are using social media to their advantage.

Marquette University in Wisconsin uses Skype, a free video conferencing software, for Spanish students to interact with native speakers in South America.

A high school in Florida uses cell phone text messaging and blogs so that students can interact with their teachers and classmates regarding school matters.

Has your school implemented a type of “social technology” in order to better educate students? What are your thoughts about adopting the tools mentioned in this post?