Kristen Nicole has written an article regarding a new application that enables teachers to interact with students on Facebook. I had been waiting for something like this for a while and had even suggested that Blackboard launch their own Facebook application. Lookabee enables students and teachers to share documents, post assignments, answer questions and take quizzes and tests. Blackboard provides similar functionality but I have always wondered why Blackboard has a lack of social networking features.

Currently the application is running a pilot program for high-school and university teachers. If you are interested in being part of the pilot program you can go sign up at the Lookabee website or email James Levy at james [AT] lookabee [DOT] com. As a side note, I will be interested to see if Blackboard attempts to jump into the social networking arena anytime soon. They are already working on a social bookmarking site but it would be great if they provided more engagement among users. Integration with Facebook would definitely be a great feature.