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Social Media For School Leaders

A Principal's Reflections

This was the first of three in a series presented by the 2012 Digital Principal Award winners. This is a great webinar to share with any school leader who wants to begin to harness the power of social media or is skeptical about how it can be effectively used to improve schools. educational leadership NASSP Social Media'

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Teens Know Social Media Is Manipulative. But They Just Can’t Get Enough.

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Almost three-quarters of teens said they know social media companies are manipulating them into spending more time online. The survey from nonprofit Common Sense Media, called “ Social Media, Social Life ,” is a follow up to a similar report conducted in 2012, where teens were also asked about their relationship with social media.

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How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

Hall, an online professor with the University of Wyoming since 2012 says: “Early in my online career, I marched students, expeditiously, from one weekly deadline to the next. Communicate With Social Media. Social Media is well-accepted in online classes but not so much in physical classes.

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

A Principal's Reflections

I have been engaged with social media for over three and a half years now. Add in all of the weird looks and ignorant comments I received, it is a miracle that I made it through the early adoption stage to full, blown-out social media fanatic.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Here is a short list of some of the changes that have been implemented and sustained: Social media use as a communications, public relations, branding, professional growth, and student learning tool implemented in 2009. Independent OpenCourseware Study (IOCS) implemented in 2012. Grading reform implemented in 2012.

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Looking Back At 2011 And Looking Forward To 2012

The Web20Classroom

More Social Networking- This all boiled down to the continued growth of using Social Media and social networks for learning. Everything from code makers to ideas for use in the classroom to a way to use them for scavenger hunts (which is pretty cool too.)

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New Posted Resources 04/11/2012

The Web20Classroom

Tell a story with QR codes tags: qrcodes favorite The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials tags: iPad favorite Reading, Writing, and Wikis: Nurturing a Sense of Wonder Across the Curriculum tags: wikis writing favorite Six-Step Process in Creating a Technology Plan tags: technology technology planning favorite leadership What IS The Role (..)

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