How schools can use social media to connect with their community Educator and administrator Lisa Nielsen in this blog post offers six social media outlets -- ranging from Facebook to Pinterest -- that offer opportunities for individual teachers and school communities to foster two-way communication with parents when face-to-face interaction can be difficult. "Not only is the use of social media good classroom practice, but in places that have quality reviews (an assessment and evaluation system for schools), engaging parents with social media will help schools shine," she writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (6/7)
 | With AVI-SPL and Cisco, the Rialto Unified School District improved their ability to share information and provide immersive distance learning. With Cisco T3 TelePresence, AVI-SPL and Cisco allowed students to take virtual field trips and interact with teachers from remote locations across the globe. Learn More | | Technology revamps book reports in Mo. elementary school Fourth-grade students at a school in Missouri recently used technology to deliver alternative book reports, in which they used iMovie to create trailers persuading others to read the books. Students presented their "reports" using an ultra-high-definition Immersion Wall, which allows students to use computers to type feedback onto a screen visible to the students in the classroom. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (6/8) How one-to-one iPad program has changed teaching, learning in N.H. district One year into a one-to-one iPad program, educators in a New Hampshire district say the devices have had a positive effect -- giving teachers a better idea of how students learn and engaging students in lessons. When using the devices, educators seek to have students "show what you know" and adhere to three criteria in selecting applications for the classroom. Officials also say that professional development for teachers is a key part of the program's success. Concord Monitor (N.H.) (6/9) Other News  | Organizations Have Real Options For Making Affordable Care Compliance Easier
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 | Survey finds students prefer using devices in class A recent report from Project Tomorrow finds that students increasingly favor digital learning and prioritize technology devices, rather than Internet access. The survey also showed that while about 21% of teachers report assigning Internet homework weekly, a majority of students in 12th and ninth grade and 47% of students in sixth grade report weekly use of the Internet to do their homework. T.H.E. Journal (6/6) Other News | Va. district seeks private funding laptops, Internet service The Richmond, Va., city council plans to spend about $200,000 in the next school year to purchase laptop computers and provide Internet access in the fall for sixth-grade students. Eventually, the goal is to provide Internet access to students in all of the city's public schools. For now, however, officials say they are focused on securing private funding to make up the remainder of the estimated $1.35 million needed for the first year of the program. Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) (6/8) | Social media gaining friends in education A growing number of schools nationwide are using social networking in the classroom -- primarily Skype, Facebook and YouTube -- according to new research. Findings also show that 69% of schools surveyed have student-website programs, 46% have online student pen-pal programs and 59% have staff using social media for professional purposes. eSchool News (free registration) (6/10) | U.S. officials cite security as phone, Internet monitoring draws fire U.S. officials are on the defensive about surveillance steps they say are needed to discover potential national security and terrorist threats, but citizens and IT companies say the telephony metadata monitoring and collection constitutes privacy and rights violations. "These revelations are a reminder that Congress has given the executive branch far too much power to invade individual privacy [and] that existing civil liberties safeguards are grossly inadequate," said the American Civil Liberties Union's Jameel Jaffer. The program "was recently reauthorized by Congress after extensive hearings and debate," an Obama administration official said. "Information collected under this program is among the most important and valuable intelligence information we collect, and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats." The Wall Street Journal (6/6), Reuters (6/7), Computerworld/IDG News Service (6/7) |  | The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." -- William James, American psychologist and philosopher | | Please contact one of our specialists for advertising opportunities, editorial inquiries, job placements, or any other questions. | | Publisher, Education Group: Joe Riddle P: 202.407.7857 ext. 228 | | | | |
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