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Seven steps for bringing social media into the classroom are highlighted in this collaboration between Edutopia and Facebook. Also check out author Steven Anderson's social media guidelines blog.
Blogger Betty Ray covered the social media discussions at SocialEdCon last year and found that positive changes in student behavior happen when schools and parents embrace, rather than ban, social media.
This classroom guide focuses on trends in educational technology, particularly social media and mobile learning tools, and provides ways teachers can embrace and utilize them in the classroom.
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three tips for how to help students use social media more effectively.
This feature from the dawn of the social networking age offers ideas for how and why teachers can and should embrace social networking at school. The Edutopia feature Social Networking at Science Leadership Academy accompanied Smith's article.
Twitter has become a powerful tool for teaching and learning. In this Five-Minute Film Festival, VideoAmy offers up a playlist of videos that will help you learn to use Twitter for networking, sharing resources, and more.
Edutopia blogger Todd Finley defines social media as the new frontier, and he notes that adolescents are the early frontierspersons. Included in this blog are ten tips for adding social media tools into the classroom.
Social media platforms like Facebook provide 21st-century learning opportunities for students -- and a forum for teachers all over to unite and network.
Both in the classroom and in after-school pods, students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network. On Remix World, the program's social-networking site, participants share, critique, and discuss their work.
A digital-literacy program encourages kids to remake social networking in the image of learning.
George Couros, a school district administrator, encourages social media newbies to expand their PLNs for their own professional development, as well as for the benefit of their students.
Ed tech specialist Brian Dixon looks at using social media to locate, manage, update, track, announce, and implement grant funding.
Get ideas and tips for creating connections and developing a network. Another great resource is Betty Ray’s blog that explains how to use Twitter to expand your PLN.
It takes careful planning to form a useful and functional PLC, but once the foundation is built, the benefits will soon be evident. Also check out Teachers and Community Members Practice TLC with PLCs.
Edutopia's VideoAmy explores the topic of digital citizenship with this playlist of videos on the importance of online safety, manners, privacy, and responsibility.
Teaching digital citizenship and internet safety is a lot more meaningful when students can engage in authentic online experiences.
Blogger Andrew Marcinek reflects on social and digital media integration into the lives of teachers and students.
Five practical pointers from Common Sense Media to help parents understand and manage the lives of their digital kids. This video was produced in collaboration with Edutopia.
This post features tips for teachers to help students be safe in their lives online.Additional Resources on the Web
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