Erin Schoening, a first-grade teacher at Gunn Elementary School in Iowa, is using Facebook in the classroom to engage her seven-year-olds and their parents, according to an article in the Daily Nonpareil Online.
The teacher created a Facebook page for the class and uses it ask questions about what they've learned, pull students into online discussions, update parents on class schedules and events, and connect students and their parents to each other.
A quote from a six-year-old student:
“I like Facebook because we send things to our parents and tell them what we do and they send notes back saying they like it.”