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Social Networking as an Educational Tool (Summary of the summary) Rennie & Mason (2008) mention web 2.0 tools in education field so affective as with these applications participation of students appears with cooperation. When it comes to the course design; working cooperately , creating, sharing, commenting, and interacting differentiate this new way of education tools from the traditional ones. These new tools create us an environment and access to use the facilitations in courses and achieve better learning. That is to say, tools play a part as a platform. These platforms let users to generate their own content which encourages creativity and flexibility for the learner and teacher in education field. Tools, also, provides the community work rather than individual work which means the outcomes reach to the large masses with the access of the tools. That's why social networking as an educational tool is very applicable in classroom environment as it facilitates learning with m

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  1. FLIPGRID "Flipgrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for learners and families."  ( https://info.flipgrid.com/) 2. TRELLO "Trello is the easy, free, flexible, and visual way to manage your projects and organize anything, trusted by millions of people from all over the world." (https://trello.com/home) 3. NEARPOD "Make every lesson interactive" (https://nearpod.com/) 4. POWTOON (The Visual Communication Platform) "One platform to create, manage, and distribute all of your videos and visual communications" (https://www.powtoon.com/) 5. QUIZZIZ "Introduce concepts, check for understanding, get instant insights, and more." (https://quizizz.com/) 6.CANVA "Canva is an online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.", "you can design, print and work in Canva, by yourself or as a team." (https://www.canva.com/en/) 7. R

 PADLET      (https://tr.padlet.com/) , Padlet is a platform that students can create "padlet" on their boards however they like. Padlet provides its users to create content using reinforcements such as visuals, videos, lists, markers, etc not only collaboratively but also personally. Students and teachers can share their projects on Padlet to work interactively which enhances learning.Padlet can be used for many purposes and can be used in many ways depending on the imagination of its users. In distance education, using digital boards becomes more effective than traditional tools so that everyone can have access and benefit from the innovations of technology. 

 VOKI " Voki is an educational tool for teachers and students, that can be used to enhance instruction, engagement, and lesson comprehension." (www.voki.com/)    Voki as a tool, ensures students to create characters on their own and improve their speaking and listening skills in an enjoyable way. Students can custumize their character which is as if a game; thus, learning becomes entertaining for them. Teachers can give assignments to students through Voki and monitor students as well. Voki provides interaction, collaboration, empowerment, security and entertainment for students in classroom environment. In distance education, especially for juniors or younger students, Voki can be very necessary to keep their attention on lessons.

 JAMBOARD " Visualize your ideas in a new and collaborative way" (https://edu.google.com/intl/tr/products/jamboard/) Jamboard is developed by Google to be used as a whiteboard collaboratively. Jamboard is not only interactive but also creative platform which provides designing and sharing ideas. One of the benefits of Jamboard is its easiness: in education by using this digital whiteboard, learners facilitate from images, drawings, photos unlike traditional whiteboards. Accessibility as another benefit, helps both students and teachers to use it in distance education as well.

 EDPUZZLE " Edpuzzle is an easy-to-use platform allowing you to engage every student, one video at a time." ( https://edpuzzle.com/)   With videos, learning becomes reinforced through Edpuzzle. Teachers can upload a video after making regulations on that video and can check on students if students watch the video thanks to the Edpuzzle. Also, students can actively play a role during learning; for example, they can add their voice so that both listening and speaking skills are improved. After watching the video, teacher can measure and evaluate students' learning by questions which creates an effective learning environment.

 PEARDECK " We’re on a mission to help teachers deliver powerful learning moments to every student, every day." ( https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides) Peardeck is a tool that enhances the effectiveness of presentations by turning a normal presentation into an interactive presentation. With the transformed presentations, students actively participate the lesson by answering questions, sharing information, adding or listening audio and so on. Additionally, apart from students, other teachers can join and create a community to work together thanks to Peardeck. Presentations that are reinforced by visuals and videos, become more effective through Peardeck for Google Slides.

 EDMODO " Edmodo is a global education network that helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential." ( https://new.edmodo.com/)   Edmodo is a tool that can be used during distance education by students and teachers as well as parents. Edmodo provides a classroom environment through Internet; sharing materials, commenting on posts, creating and submitting assignments, updating and informing are what Edmodo ensures. With the usage of technology in education, learning becomes more effective for students. Edmodo as a platform, is a well-known and a useful example on this.