Michael Rees discusses using various social media tools for teaching. He lists his top 10 choices as Twitter, Google Reader, Gmail, Evernote, Live Mesh, Delicious, Wordpress, Google Sites, Camtasia Studio, and SlideShare. Rees blogs about teaching and encourages student blogging assignments. He has students create Wordpress blogs and use Delicious for social bookmarking. Wikis are used for assessment to improve writing skills and build shared knowledge. Rees sees the future of learning institutions embracing creativity, collaboration, flexibility and playful learning through digital openness and transparency.