Author Archive | Antonio Viva
Who has time for Social Media?
It seems like no matter how hard I try, serving as an administrator at independent school with 655 students and 150 employees during the months of April and May reminds of riding The Comet roller coaster at The Great Escape in Lake George, New York. I mean, seriously, how many of us really have the time to devote to maintaining a social media presence, let alone cultivate and foster the many meaningful networks and relationships we belong too?
Read MoreWelcome Kerri Richardson to edSocialMedia!!
Join us in welcoming Kerri Richardson as a contributor to edSocialMedia. Kerri serves as the Director of Academic Technology at Brooklyn Friends School in Brooklyn, NY. Kerri received her undergraduate degree at Wesleyan and completed her graduate work at Loyola University of Chicago. She has served as a committee member on NYSAIS and was the [...]
Read MoreChanges in Social Media and Impact on Schools
Ravit Lichtenberg recently wrote a post on ReadWriteWeb about 10 upcoming changes in social media that predicts what we will see in 2009. Several weeks ago I spent some time thinking about this very issue as it related to the field of education and our work in schools. I have long contended that social media [...]
Read MoreSocial Media Reporters Cover Inauguration
A few weeks after the presidential election, two teachers approached me with an idea to take a group of students down to Washington, DC to cover the inauguration of Barack Obama. Dave Bill and Pete Smith, two of our technology integration faculty had put together a proposal where a group of students would go down [...]
Read MoreWhy Schools Shouldn’t Ignore Social Media
I woke up this morning and began my regular morning ritual which consists of letting my dogs out, making my first cup of coffee and sitting down in from of my MacBook Pro to begin sifting through what’s been happening overnight in the social media landscape. After some trial and error in terms of my [...]
Read MoreWhy Schools Shouldn’t Ignore Social Media
I woke up this morning and began my regular morning ritual which consists of letting my dogs out, making my first cup of coffee and sitting down in from of my MacBook Pro to begin sifting through what’s been happening overnight in the social media landscape. After some trial and error in terms of my [...]
Read MoreThe Networked Student and Social Media
I was recently came across a new video on YouTube called “The Networked Student” by Wendy Drexler who created the video after taking a Connectivism Course. I must admit that I had not heard of Connectivism Learning Theory before watching the video but found the thesis of her video compelling and worth sharing. A colleague, [...]
Read MoreGo2Web2.0 – Your Web 2.0 Clearinghouse
We all know the “top dogs” in the world of social media; Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube have started to become household names. Every once in a while, I use StumbleUpon to channel surf the web and I came across a great website that I think has enormous potential for educators. It is also mildly [...]
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