The document discusses the increasing importance of social media in education. It provides examples of how professors at the Singapore Management University integrate social media platforms like blogs, WordPress, Twitter and Facebook into their teaching to give students hands-on experience. Some benefits of using social media in education mentioned are that it allows students to build an online portfolio, develop skills sought by employers, improve communication, and help with recruitment. The future may see even deeper integration of social media with location-based services and more personalized mobile content.