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Blogging and social networking in school

Staff are engaged and genuinely interested in taking the leap into creating their own space on line…..I am steering a little more away from calling it a blog with new comers as some consider a blog a place where they divulge their deepest darkest secrets in a dear diary format. For me and the direction school is taking, it seems to be a very useful communication tool not only for staff but students and parents. To get to a point where all Elementary staff are replacing their weekly newsletter printed and sent home only to be be found 4 days later…( I am talking about me here) would be exciting. To be able to post student work, photos, voice threads, daily, every other day, weekly updates…whatever and have an on going record that parents can view in real time is incredible. Already 5th grade are doing it. 4th are nearly ……. But it has to be measured steps. To sit and have staff create their blog, sign up for twitter, delicious, Flickr, Picasa, Widgetbox, Netvibes, youtube, gmail, pimp their firefox (as Jeff Utecht calls it), with add-ons such as twirl, adblock Plus, All in one sidebar, Foxytunes, Pic lens, screen grab, stumble upon, hotspot shield, friendfeed, can totally overwhelm….but to have one without the other just doesn’t cut it! How many do you introduce at once? What ones am I missing? So much I want to do tomorrow!!!!!

Tags: education, networking, school tools, web 2.0
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