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Which Social Network should you use? Infographic on which to use when. Social Networks are a great resource for businesses, keeping in touch with friends, and education.

Which Social Network should you use? Infographic on which to use when.

Social Networks help educators and students learn, stay in contact, connect, share and more. But which Social Network is best for what? Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, the many systems made for education (Twiducate, Edmodo, etc). Which do you use? Many schools and teachers like to use systems like Edmodo and Twiducate because they can keep things private and see who is accessing the information. Here are some articles on different social networks and what they are useful for, as well as some course management systems that include social networking features. Related: Why Your Blog Is Guaranteed To Fail. Do you feel in your gut that your blog’s missing something?

Why Your Blog Is Guaranteed To Fail

If so, there’s a good chance one or more of the following issues is hindering its success. Every blogger sets out to create a world-class blog. But despite the best of intentions, a blogger often will overlook important elements of success. Being too to close and too invested in your blog’s process can blind you to what appears obvious to others. To help you get your blog on the track to success, here are twenty-one blog fails and how to fix them. Lack of goals. Building a successful blog takes hard work and continuous effort to create great content and an engaged community. Do you have any special blogging tips that have helped you build your blog? Happy marketing, Heidi Cohen Here are some related blogging articles you may be interested in reading.

Tags #Fail, Tips. Social Media For Administrators (Blog Posts) Cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Ken Whytock I recently decided to compile some of the blog posts that I have written regarding social media and administrators on my own blog site.

Social Media For Administrators (Blog Posts)

I have created a “page” for these articles that I will continue to update as I write posts that may be helpful, but I just wanted to share this as a blog post to those people who may subscribe to this through an RSS feed or email subscription. There are so many good articles out there but I wanted to compile the ones I have written to help to continuously develop my own portfolio of work. Please see the articles with brief descriptions below: As I have done a lot of work with school administrators on why they should be using social media and some practical ways to use it within their schools, I wanted to compile some articles together that will help schools/organizations move forward.

The Why The How What Should A Networked Educational Leader Tweet About? New York City Dept. of Education Releases Social Media Guidelines for Teachers. How Students View Digital Citizenship. Students (and everyone else) spend a vast amount of time online.

How Students View Digital Citizenship

We leave a digital trail of breadcrumbs and establish our digital selves by sharing, commenting, and communicating like never before. Digital citizenship has been the topic of #edchat on Twitter and in the news. But what happens when a classroom of students are tasked with understanding what digital citizenship means to them? Andrew Marcinek Andrew Marcinek , long-time Edudemic author and teacher , had his class explore what digital citizenship means to them.

What is Digital Citizenship? Digital Citizenship is a principle that helps users understand how to utilize technology in an appropriate way. In today’s society, knowing and understanding Digital Citizenship is now more important than ever. Students Interview Patrick Larkin Edudemic note: Another one of my favorite tweeters is @bhsprincipal aka Patrick Larkin. Principal Patrick Larkin 1. I am not sure if you have specific questions, please follow up if you do. 2. 3. 4. Is that me? Raising undergraduate students awareness of their digit...