D-20 implements new social media policy for staff members
A new year, a new social media policy for staff members of Academy School District 20. The district said all employees, including teachers, are now required to "unfriend" or "unfollow" students on social media sites if it is a personal account.
From: FOX21 News
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How would you use social media in the English language classroom?
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Have you considered incorporating social media into your classes? Watch English language students talking about how they use social media in everyday life, then take our poll to find out what teachers around the world think about using social networking in their English lessons.
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From: Oxford University Press ELT
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Social Media Fundamentals - A Case Study Of Social Media In Schools
With more and more young people growing up with social media as part of their everyday life, schools are realising how influential it can be. "Social Media Fundamentals" is a course designed by former Marketing and Content manager from MySpace, Andrew Davis, to guide schools and students through this exciting but important medium.
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County to include social media as learning tool
More teachers could be logging on to social media as an educational tool in Anne Arundel County, where the school district is in the early stages of crafting a social media policy for students and teachers. Tim Tooten reports.
From: WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
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Presentation on Case Study of NBC's The Voice Use of Social Media
University of Hartford students Billy Wyatt (@BillyBobGDFF) and Trey Stover (@StoverTrey) present their final project, a case study on the use of social media on NBC's The Voice. For Dr. Graybeal's Social Media class. Spring 2013.
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Generation of Social Media | Lauren Bohmholdt | TEDxYouth@CSD
"Generation of Social Media" describes how the selfie generation needs more access to technology in today's schools. Lauren encourages us to trust students to use technology appropriately and to realize the benefits technology brings today and will bring in the future.
Lauren Bohmholdt is a social Utah middle school student. Selfies, posting, liking, and commenting are part of each day for her. Lauren encourages us to consider the positive implications of teaching students appropriate use of...
From: TEDx Talks
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NMC Beyond the Horizon :: Social Networks
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What do social networks look like across different learning environments? Why are social networks important for teaching and learning? What are the challenges in implementing and managing social network projects?
Today's web users are prolific creators of content, and they upload photographs, audio, and video to cloud-based social networks such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and many others by the billions. While the initial emphasis of social networks was...
From: NewMediaConsortium
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Social Media for Schools and Teachers: From Community to Classroom
Streamed LIVE on Thursday, May 28th 2015. We will talk with educators about the role of social media in the classroom, including how to prepare students to use social media in productive ways for learning purposes.
Slides: http://goo.gl/Okc4zz
Special thanks to Akiko McQuerrey
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Video produced by DLT
Edited by Mark Pijanowski http://twitter.com/MarkMAFilm
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From: OIIT Digital Learning Team
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Wallingford school may monitor social media
Students in Wallingford may want to think twice before posting offensive or negative things on social media sites.
From: WTNH News8
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Social Media Intern - Landing Page
Social Media Intern: Connecting social media savvy students with SME's
From: tommccann3
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