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Communicating and Connecting With Social Media (An Excerpt)

A Principal's Reflections

The book is entitled Communicating & Connecting With Social Media: Essentials for Principals and will be available from Solution Tree on May 19, 2011 Using Twitter to Build Your School’s Brand The good news is that open-communication practices in a social media world don’t have to be intimidating.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

For decades, researchers have tried to capture a national picture of youth well-being by combining a number of social indicators, such as obesity rates, rates of tobacco use, family access to health insurance, academic proficiency on state tests, graduation rates, drug use and teen birth rates.

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What Schools Can Learn About Communication From the Vatican’s Former Social Media Chief

Edsurge

In 2017, Monsignor Paul Tighe may have been the only priest amidst a sea of techies at South by Southwest (SXSW), where he spoke about his past experience serving as Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for the Catholic Church. Think “social media director” for the Catholic Church.) I was lucky.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform. March 2020.

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As teens rethink college and career options, counselors are trying to adapt

eSchool News

And more kids than ever are considering ways to make money without a college degree, Insel said–driven in part by people and jobs they’ve encountered on social media. But recently, a growing number of seniors–upwards of 30 percent, she guesses–have told her they have no intention of going to college.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

For decades, researchers have tried to capture a national picture of youth well-being by combining a number of social indicators, such as obesity rates, rates of tobacco use, family access to health insurance, academic proficiency on state tests, graduation rates, drug use and teen birth rates.

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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that schools “block Internet access to pictures that are (a) obscene (b) child pornography or (c) harmful to minors.” Some schools leave social media open, some schools restrict access, etc. The general sentiment: students –especially teens– hate web filtering*.