Nauczyciel akademicki a media społecznościowe

The purpose of this article is to present the opportunities for the academics offered by the social media. In the first part of the paper there are presented such selected solutions as social networking sites for scientists, academic blogosphere, etc. The author also includes the results of the studies revealing that the students are active social media users, so academics cannot be indifferent to them. Finally, social media applications written for teachers who do not conduct activities in the field of ICT and have average skills in the field of new technologies were discussed.