LIVE BLOG – edSocialMedia SUMMIT
February 16, 2010 at 9:44 am | No Comment

Thanks to all our sponsors and attendees who made the BCDS summit a success!
slides and speaker notes can be found here: http://esmsummit2010.pbworks.com
Tweet blogging at http://twitter.com/edsocialmedia
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edSocMe post featured in College Admission Carnival
Friday, 30 Jan, 2009 – 15:46 | No Comment

Our post on using Twitter for recruiting is being featured in the Carnival of College Admission being hosted by AdmissionsQuest a boarding school website. There is some great content there so be sure to check …

The Case for Social Media Engagement Grows
Friday, 30 Jan, 2009 – 9:30 | 2 Comments
The Case for Social Media Engagement Grows

Social media participation by adults 25 and older is growing fast. The case for bringing the school’s message to the places the constituents are spending time is growing along with it.

Information overload and the filter challenge
Friday, 16 Jan, 2009 – 14:25 | No Comment
Information overload and the filter challenge

I was watching this video on the Open Road blog at CNET of a keynote address Clay Shirky from NYU gave at the Web 2.0 Expo in NY last year. His premise was that worrying …

Social Media in Education Podcasts
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 10:41 | No Comment
Social Media in Education Podcasts

Check out this link to a series of podcasts focusing on using social media in teaching and learning.

Schools Must Embrace Social Media for Students’ Sake
Thursday, 18 Dec, 2008 – 14:23 | No Comment
Schools Must Embrace Social Media for Students’ Sake

Schools must make it a priority to educate students about how to engage with social media, because they will be doing it anyway.

Welcoming Antonio to edSocMe
Wednesday, 10 Dec, 2008 – 16:48 | One Comment

I’m happy to welcome Antonio Viva as a contributor to edSocialMedia. Antonio is the Associate Head of School at Worcester Academy in Worcester, MA, where he previously served as CIO. He is a self described …

Using Twitter for recruiting
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 17:53 | 2 Comments
Using Twitter for recruiting

Twitter can be a compelling recruiting tool for coaches and for admission offices.

A good read on the power of social media
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 10:03 | One Comment
A good read on the power of social media

I really enjoyed this post, tantalizing titled “What’s the f-ing point of social media?“  from Caitlin Rosberg at You Ruined my Childhood. It isn’t about marketing or anything (if anything it is a slam of …

Some of our pre-edSocMe posts
Tuesday, 2 Dec, 2008 – 17:27 | No Comment
Some of our pre-edSocMe posts

Ernest and I have been sharing our thoughts about social media in our blogs at ProofGroup.com for a while now. Now that we have launched edSocialMedia we are going to be doing our social media …

An approach to getting social media adopted at your school
Tuesday, 2 Dec, 2008 – 10:32 | No Comment
An approach to getting social media adopted at your school

Rachel Reuben wrote a nice post at .eduGuru asking whether colleges really need a social media strategy. To be clear, she isn’t suggesting that it might not be necessary for colleges to invest in social …