eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2333-4770 2014-03-31 2 4 204 207 10.12691/education-2-4-5 EDUCATION2014245 article Elias Vidal Bezerra Junior evbj@cin.ufpe.br 1 Alex Sandro Gomes 2 Flavia Veloso Souza 3 Coordination of Computing, IFTO, Porto Nacional, Brazil Centro de Informática, UFPE, Recife, Brazil Department of Mathematical Sciences, UFPB, Rio Tinto, Brazil This article examines the practice of teaching object-oriented programming technology through social networking educational Redu and presents the functional requirements for improving the process of teaching. Observations were done in the classroom and online. Preliminary results indicate that social networking has proved to be an innovative teaching method and presents itself as an effective tool helping teachers in educational practice. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/2/4/5/education-2-4-5.pdf object-oriented programming collaboration education