An Unlikely Convert to the World of Social Media

I love hearing about people discovering the power of social networks and connectedness. Back in October I ran across … Continue reading »
Something Notable (Wikipedia part 2)

Last month I wrote about the importance of getting your school’s Wikipedia page right. Wikipedia is a heavily trafficked site and … Continue reading »
Making Wikipedia Work for You

I think Wikipedia is often overlooked as a social media site. Sure, its model is a little different, but given … Continue reading »
The Curious Incident of the French using Flickr for Fashion

I stumbled into this story last month and thought it was worth repeating. The Fessenden School has been digitizing it’s … Continue reading »
The Best of What’s Around

Looking for motivation? Inspiration? I recently clicked through a lot of private school Facebook pages for a presentation I was … Continue reading »
He Said, She Said

While I don’t think this is a huge story yet, I am convinced that it’s a glimpse of what’s to … Continue reading »
Don’t Be A Square

Last week while attending an edSocialMedia workshop in Waltham, I enjoyed listening to Gene Begin from Babson College talk about some of … Continue reading »
on Social Grooming

A few weeks ago at the CASE Summit in New York I was lucky enough to hear danah boyd present … Continue reading »
Dear Head of School:

I graduated from your school in the early nineties. My twentieth reunion is a little more then a year away and now, more then ever, I reflect back on how import my time at Prep was to me. I recently reached out to the development office and offered to help organize my class online. Between our upcoming reunion and the new likelihood of people looking for work, it seemed to me as though websites like Facebook and LinkedIn could be important means of communication. Continue reading »
Can Anyone Be a Fan?

One of the good questions posed after a recent Webinar, “Leveraging Facebook,†was the fact that unlike “groups,†access to “Public Profiles†cannot be limited by approval. Currently age and country are the only options Facebook provides for restricting fans. In other words, pretty much anyone can become a “fan†of your school on Facebook. More the one person expressed “serious concern†regarding open access to these pages. Continue reading »