Equitable access, personalized learning, and the role of social media were among the topics tackled at the Education Think Tank hosted by Dell. A diverse group of educators and community members active in social media assembled for the day-long event held in New York City.
Scenes from an Education Think Tank
By Kathy Ishizuka on October 22, 2011
Filed Under: K-12 Tagged With: Dell, edtech, SLJ, Social Media
Principal Eric Sheninger on Leadership 2.0
By Kathy Ishizuka on October 10, 2011
The principal of New Milford High School in Bergen County, Sheninger employs a full range of social media, from Twitter to Facebook, to foster “six pillars” of leadership, from professional development to communication, broadcasting in real time everything from sports scores to campus news across the entire school community.
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: ebook summit, K-12 Libraries, SLJ, Social Media
Link: The Rise of the Zuckerverb: The New Language of Facebook
By Barbara Genco on September 30, 2011
“When we started,” Zuckerberg explained, “the vocabulary was really limited. You could only express a small number of things, like who you were friends with. Then last year, when we introduced the Open Graph, we added nouns, so you could like anything that you wanted.”
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: communication, Facebook, language, Social Media
Link: Meet Marshall McLuhan-Futurist via WNYC’s Fishko Files
By Barbara Genco on July 15, 2011
The Global Village. Alienation. Connection. All were considered by McLuhan. What would he think of Facebook? Twitter? Google+?
Filed Under: Interviews, Media Tagged With: Community, Social Media