Engaging Your School Community Through Social Media

What better way to communicate and engage students, staff, parents, and prospective families than through social media!  Engaging Your School Community Through Social Media suggests ways that we may wish to use school websites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube to engage with our community.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/engaging-school-community-social-media-howard-stribbell

How Educators and Schools can make the most out of Google Hang Out

Mary Beth Herz, in her article How Educators and Schools can make the most out of Google Hang Out, explains what a Google Hangout is, how to start one and some of the uses for Primary, Junior and Secondary Classrooms.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educators-schools-google-hangouts-mary-beth-hertz

Tweeting the Read-Aloud: Engaging and Motivating Readers

Read-Alouds are an integral part of English Language Instruction.  Monica Burns indicates how teachers can model connectivity and provides engaging and motivating ideas about what teachers and students can tweet about. Read Tweeting the Read-Aloud: Engaging and Motivating Readers.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tweeting-the-read-aloud-monica-burns

Differentiation Through Social Media

Edutopia shares 50+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction through Social Media.  This article demonstrates that by examining students readiness, interests and learning profiles we can differentiate instruction using a variety of social media tools. Check out these tools!

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