Tag Archives: social networking
New Social Networking Site Helps Teachers Create and Share Lessons
This past week I finally had a chance to mess around with the curriculum sharing platform BetterLesson, and I thought I’d share my thoughts. The new social networking site is designed to help teachers create, organize and share lesson plans. … Continue reading
Posted in The Web 2.0 Teacher
Tagged BetterLesson, cloud computing, lesson planning, social networking
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Should Schools Block Social Networking Sites?
Over the past five years, the response of most school administrators to social networking sites– YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, etc.– is simply to restrict access on campus. In a recent piece in Slate, Nicholas Bramble argues it’s time to open access … Continue reading
Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook
In an attempt to compete with more open social networking platforms like Twitter, Facebook’s management made an important and very controversial decision in December to change the privacy settings for the popular social networking site. In a recent piece in … Continue reading
Dude!
Man, I guess Twitter really is a brain drain! By the way, I just woke up, and I guess I should do some work…
Using Facebook to Improve School Communication
Facebook has become an essential tool for young adults to stay in contact with friends and family and to create a sense of community with their peers. For school administrators, then, utilizing Facebook to improve communication and to create an … Continue reading
Posted in The Digital Principal
Tagged back-to-school, blogging, Facebook, high school, multimedia, school communication, social networking, Web 2.0
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