Archive for April 2015
You can embrace a “no fear” approach to social media in your district
This school communicator shows the way. Afraid? What would you do if you weren’t? It’s a question Communications Director Kristin Magette poses to educators who ask how come her K-12 school district was an early adopter of Facebook. Social media can be “scary” for institutions, Kristin acknowledged, because it’s mass two-way communication. What if somebody…
Read MoreThere’s nothing wrong with preaching to the choir. Sometimes it needs it. – SCN Encourager
But don’t miss those crystal clear voices coming from outside the church. They’re special. And not as rare as you might think. Take all of the considerable anxiety, complexity, and logistical “mountain moving” we have had to do in order to carry out our various standardized test protocols, for example. We’re certainly not wrong to talk…
Read MoreKeep Videolicious in mind for your next quick-clip video
And plan ahead. While I am used to a physical video camera, tripod, microphone and desktop editing software, I’ll admit that I always on the hunt for easy ways to make a video on the go, too! In the fun events we promote for our school districts, having everything you need at your fingertips provides us…
Read MoreHere’s a provocative question from a Page well worth considering – SCN Encourager
And it makes me awfully proud of this namesake. Why? I don’t know. I’ve never met Larry Page, the co-founder and CEO of Google, and he wouldn’t know me even if he was the next-to-last man on earth and had stopped into the last Starbucks for an iced caramel macchiato where I worked as last barista. But it’s fun just knowing that when “this Page”…
Read MoreThis acquaintance knows more about you than all of your friends combined – SCN Encourager
And “Google Search” is its name. Every click. Every time. EVERY TIME you’ve ever clicked to search for a link, a photo, or an address using Google, 100% of your web activity has been recorded and stored. Whatcha’ think? To be honest, I’ve never thought about this before. But I’m starting to think about it now thanks to this article by Yahoo…
Read MoreThe beauty of teaching teachers to tweet and the passion supporting the effort
It’s not such a tiny group anymore. Susan M. Bearden is driving the trend of more K-12 teachers tapping into the reach of Twitter from a small independent school in central Florida. “I’ve heard a lot of people say it, but I really mean it: Twitter changed my life,” said Susan, director of information technology at…
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