This article by José Picardo, reports the potential use of Web2.0 technologies in education.
As stated in the article, although many of her students knowing the web2.0 concept, they are very familiar with some of these resources.
It also highlights the power of social networks at the level of cooperation and sharing they allow, which has contributed to the strong participation by students, since these, if “are in their world.”
He finishes the article with an account of his experience with his students, the use of a microblogging tool, the edmodo.

Microblogging: making the case for social networking in education
José Picardo
February 16th, 2010
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=1727 (Accessed February 20, 2010)