An exciting new College Summit website, www.connect2urfuture.org, launched this week!  The website was created for Peer Leaders and educators, and gives tips on how to use social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook to create college-going culture. It includes ideas for educators on how to use social networking sites in the classroom as well as for continued learning opportunities.

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Most exciting is our first-ever College Summit video contest, sponsored by Citi. The judges panel includes…

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It turns out that the feature on CSNav with the least exciting name is actually one of the coolest things you’ll find there.  This post (intended for College Summit students) features the School Finder. 

One quick note: After clicking on the links on this page, enter your CSNav username and password, and you will be taken directly to that section of the site.  

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Beef up on your vocabulary, find the right loans for you, share notes and tips with classmates, check out how your professors are rated & more!

How can you use social networking websites to create college-going culture in your school?

-Create a Facebook group for your school and invite all of the peer leaders, educators and 12th graders to join. The group can act as a central hub on Facebook for your project and house links to resources, other initiatives on Facebook, pictures from school events, videos created, Twitter and Myspace, and a community forum for discussion. Events can be tied to the group such as the FAFSA deadline to help students stay on track.

-Create a twitter movement where a senior and 9th grader…

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View the new video highlighting New York's School for Global Citizenship and the work College Summit is doing in our schools.