Facebook is more popular than ever and many college professors are using the social networking site to help them teach. I'm not completely comfortable with students mixing their social lives and their studies (especially considering cases such as the student who was denied a degree due to a MySpace photo of her drinking alcohol). However, I can't deny that some very useful facebook applications have been developed in the past few months. The CollegeDegree blog recently published a list of the 25 best applications for students. Here's a blurb:

"With so many students, teachers, and librarians on Facebook these days, the social media site has become somewhat of a platform, offering developers a way to create and share applications for education. This, of course, is great news for online education, as it provides all sorts of great tools designed to make learning and administration easier. Check out these applications that represent some of the ideal tools Facebook has to offer for online education."

Take a look at the article for applications such as a notetaking system, a quiz maker, and an academic calendar.