Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 1:15pm
Tweets on school technology, classroom resources and social media have made Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's Susan Bearden one of the top Twitter mavens in her field. The director of information technology was recently named one of the top 50 Chief Information Officers on Twitter in a Huffington Post technology blog. Her rank? No. 9.
Submitted by Marion Herbert on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 1:01am
Officials look to bolster communications with residents using Facebook, Twitter, and other forms of digital communications. The Wayne (N.J.) Public School District has created a social media network to enhance communication and information sharing with the community.
Submitted by Courtney Williams on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 12:32pm
On Feb. 23, Steven Anderson, instructional technologist for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County (N.C.) Schools, celebrated his three-year anniversary on Twitter. Anderson began exploring Twitter in 2009 as a way of finding people with similar interests, opposing views, and resources on integrating technology in the classroom to share with teachers and staff in his district of 57,000 students.
Online social networking includes much more than Facebook and Twitter. It is any online use of technology to connect people, enable them to collaborate with each other, and form virtual communities.