Nowadays, there is widespread agreement in our country that ICTs need to play a key role in education, but it remains to be seen whether they will be effective in improving the quality of learning. This article reviews recommendations for teacher education in this field, and examines the potential of SNSs (social network sites) to meet such requirements. It draws on the implementation of a SNS in Literature classes to illustrate how this environment can contribute to the creation of content which moves beyond the purely textual, to the construction of collective knowledge, and to student empowerment in general.