Teachers and parents are often wary about using social media in the classroom. Here's why the benefits outweigh the risks.
The survey report, Leadership for Web 2.0 in Education: Promise & Reality,
highlights Web 2.0 policies, practices and perspectives of a representative
sample of administrators from the nation's 13,924 public school
districts.
presentation for WSPRA - The Wisconsin School Public Relations Association (WSPRA) is a professional association representing schools, school districts, educational associations, consulting agencies and organizations. WSPRA is a state affiliate of the National School Public Relations Association.
Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the New Schools Venture Fund Summit, a major conference for education reformers, funders, and social entrepreneurs. And his comments there suggesting a desire to allow younger children to use Facebook have garnered considerable attention and controversy.
from Districtadministration.com May 2011
"Employers are overlooking the fact that blocking company Internet access does not prevent employees accessing social networks, either via a smart phone at work or through home computers. In fact, if your only goal is to prevent employees from wasting time online during work hours, then what you have actually identified is a management issue -- not a technology or security issue."
""It was time to really lay out our expectations of what's appropriate student-teacher behavior. We want to make sure we're all clear and be proactive.""
This is a set of general guidelines for the use of weblogs (“blogs”) at Arapahoe High School.
"It's important for school leaders to understand basic crisis management principles-and how social media might play a role in the event of a crisis, for better or worse"
What is social media? How do use social media? How do I get started?
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This list will contain resources to help explain social media and guide educators as they begin looking at developing a social media policy for a real or fictional school district.
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