Via @OfficeofEdTech
In an article in the new york times, there is an interesting woman who, out of her own need for assistance with her college level work and isolation as an Indian woman in higher education,devloped an online community called Piazza. This online social networking site served as a mixing of facebook and blackboard. However, it took the classmate and instructor interaction from the sometimes static blackboard and joined it with the speed and notification systems of facebook to ensure that if you were to post a question from any class material on the site, fellow students and instructors would be able to respond and you would receive a notification within 14 minutes
I think this is am amazing tool for students. There was no discussion of her possible extension to high school (and I'm not sure if one already exist), but I would think that it would be a great tool for a high school to have. Specifically operated by grade level. This could be used to monitor class participation if a question is posed for discussion and a informal assessment tool (gauge what type of questions people are asking and the level of answers they are providing. Also this would really raise class togetherness. They see each other as valid recourses and, in turn, they all become teachers.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/technology/04piazza.xml
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