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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. See figure 1.1

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Social Media in Education

A Principal's Reflections

My answers to Bill''s questions provide a snapshot of my social media in education journey. What made you interested in using social media to reach out to your school community? In early March of 2009, I was reading my local newspaper, The Staten Island Advance, and came across an article on Twitter.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. Since 2020, the social media app has invested millions of dollars and teamed with experts, public figures, and educational institutions to post more learning material under the hashtag #LeanOnTikTok. Consider this: 1 in 4 U.S.

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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. There was a lot of buzz about it every now and then on Twitter but I still don''t see it''s widespread adoption as a great storytelling tool and feedback tool. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone.

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Why Teacher Recruitment Needs to Change

Insight Education Group

In Utah, Governor Gary Herbert addressed his state’s teacher shortage recently with the following plea to his fellow residents via Twitter: "Consider becoming a teacher; it is a noble profession.". In addition, 45% of job seekers use their mobile devices every day in their job search. Today, while the teaching corps in the U.S.

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LC launches Online Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature & much more poetry goodness

NeverEndingSearch

Don’t miss their new Mobile Apps. In addition to its 30 Ways to Celebration National Poetry Month , The New York Times Learning Network gathers Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Mo n t h With The New York Times from its significant archive reaching back to 2010. Does Poetry Matter?

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Tips for Refreshing your Blogger Blog

The Electric Educator

This, and most other Blogger themes includes a mobile optimized template as well. This is extremely important for anyone with a blog as mobile views continue to increase. Roughly 12% of traffic to this blog is on mobile devices. I was using a Twitter gadget, Feedjit, Friend Connect, and a host of other plugins.