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List of suggestions for school leaders to start using Twitter and social media as an integral part of communication.

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Charlie Osborne, a journalist and ex-teacher, has some great suggestions in this article for using Facebook in the classroom.

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"With the fervent pace of social media and technology changes in today's society, a new guide is promoting a need for educators to be familiar with Facebook, the country's most popular social network. The resource, "Facebook for School Counselors," published today by Facebook, in partnership with The Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) and The American School Counselor Association (ASCA), aims to teach school counselors how to use Facebook and teach students best practices on the social network. School counselors, who play a major role in some students' lives, can have an impact on how students represent themselves and interact with one another on Facebook."

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"There’s an ongoing debate about the role social media should play in education. Advocates point out the benefits that social media provides for today's digital learners while critics call for regulation and for removing social media from classrooms. Finding a middle ground has become a challenge."

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"The trick isn't to unplug from our devices -- it's to unplug from the distractions, information overload, and trash that make us unhappy."

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"By blocking social media schools are also blocking the opportunity:

1) to teach students about the inventive and powerful ways communities around the world are using social media

2) for students and teachers to experience the educational potential of social media together

3) for students to distribute their work with the larger world

4) for students to reimagine their creative and civic identities in the age of networked media"

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Suggestions for using Facebook in the classroom. Also includes links to alternatives.

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Suggestions on how school leaders might use social media tools for education related purposes.

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Storify helps its users tell stories by curating social media.

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When I want to learn about Google+...when I have the time.

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“Will what you’re about to share offend, surprise, or shock your current or future

Classmates
Teacher
Friends
Boyfriend/girlfriend
Family
Parents
Employer
Clients
Business partners

in a way which critically jeopardizes your relationship? If you answer even one “Yes” for this short list of people, think long and hard before publishing your content.”

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""If people are getting their work done, and doing it well, don't make a big deal about distractions," she suggests, adding: "The last thing you should ever do is make a formal policy restricting non-work activities in the office. Those policies rarely fix anything. They just make people grumpy." And who needs that?"

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"In the next 10 steps I want to look at how you can help your organization work smarter based on my, and the ITAs, experience of working with organizations who are doing this right now - as well as other examples we know about. "

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Excellent presentation covering the main social tools being used for consuming, producing and sharing information.

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"As school districts explore the use of social computing throughout the school day and as an approach to extend instruction, many educators are making the decision to create a wiki, publish video online, or to participate in blogging, social networking or virtual worlds. Social media guidelines encourage educators to participate in social computing and strive to create an atmosphere of trust and individual accountability."

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"To manage your privacy on Facebook, you will need to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 options. Facebook says it wants to offer precise controls for sharing on the Internet."

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"The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account"

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"Dunbar's number is a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships"

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"The (Digital) Writing on the Walls (and why the walls don't matter anymore) " Talk at the University of Regian by Michael Wesch

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Things to consider when posting to your Facebook page. Aimed at "the workplace," this video contains good advice for educators, too.

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