Researchers at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) are using the open-source Social Media Tracker, Analyzer, and Collector Toolkit at Syracuse (STACKS) to collect and analyze social media posts and traffic related to the 2016 presidential candidates as part of an interdisciplinary digital politics project, according to a campus publication.
Tackk, Twitter, and Teenagers
By on October 28, 2015
This Indiana Instructional Technology Specialist and a local high school history teacher teamed up to create a successful new approach to an old classroom project.
California Kids Get Social Media ‘Eraser’—But It Might not Work
By on October 10, 2013
California minors now have the legal right to erase their social media posts, a positive step toward giving them greater control over their online identities—or is it? Online content, after all, is not so easily erasable, according to Gary Price, editor of Library Journal’s INFOdocket.
NYPL Launches National Poetry Contest on Twitter
By on February 28, 2013
As part the library’s efforts to raise awareness about poetry leading up to National Poetry Month in April, NYPL is encouraging aspiring poets to “follow @NYPL on Twitter, and submit three poetic Tweets in English as public posts on your Twitter stream between March 1 and 10, 2013.”
The “Cheap and Cheerful” Librarian, Melissa Techman, Shares Tips on Pinterest
By on December 17, 2012
Melissa Techman has great ideas. So School Library Journal asked the K-5 librarian at Broadus Wood Elementary School in Albemarle County, VA, to guest curate a board of “cheap and cheerful” ideas on Pinterest.
Librarians Use Social Networking Professionally More than Teachers and Principals, According to Report
By on December 13, 2012
A recent report conducted by MMS Education reveals that librarians use social networking more than other educators.
Mr. Schu’s Road Trip: Via Tweet, Video Blog, and Pinterest
By on August 6, 2012
“I love the idea of showing my students I’m a reader out in the wild,” says John Schumacher. The school library director at Brook Forest School in Oak Brook, IL, uses various means to document his annual road trip to the delight of his students, not to mention the greater social sphere.
25 Twitter Accounts that will Make You Smarter and More Links of the Week
By on July 29, 2012
Sally Ride Science, the organization the famed astronaut founded to help support kids’ interest in science, math, and technology, is among the Twitter accounts said to make you smarter, the first of our links of note.
Early Newbery Winners Pose a Challenge to Nerdbery Participants
By on April 10, 2012
“The early books are really, really rough,” says school librarian John Schumacher, who helped launch the online Nerdbery Challenge. “They’re completely dreadful. They’re really long. They’re just not very good.”
Top Tech Trends for Teens
By on April 6, 2012
Educational consultant Linda W. Braun cites the hottest applications and how to use them to engage teens.
