We at edSocialMedia are excited about sponsoring this weekend’s TEDxNYED event being hosted by our friends at Collegiate School. I have the lucky task of representing ESM at the event, and I plan to take …

Thanks to our friends at WhippleHill for this video of the excellent Keynote address by Ben Jones, VP for Communications at Oberlin College and former Director of Communications for the MIT Office of Admissions. Ben …

New Year’s Resolutions. We all have them, or at least most of us flirt with the notion of starting the new year with a fresh approach, a new goal or maybe just trying to avoid …

Have you caught Hans Mundahl’s latest edSocialMedia video (Social Media and the Carpentry Puzzle)? If not, take 5 minutes, it’s worth every second.

His post provides an ideal segue into edSocialMedia’s latest podcast. Hans & I began with a conversation about the tensions that pop up as schools begin to participate in social media and from there focused on the student produced livecast New Hampton TV. He spoke about the program’s growth, the technological & communication lessons learned by the students, and some of the surprises they’ve faced along the way.

School administrators take note. The Internet is not isolating children or teenagers. In fact, chances are they are more connected because of it.
According to the Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey social media activities …

My daughter’s 4th grade teacher has a class blog. It’s simple, straightforward, no frills. And it is a thing of beauty. I don’t think anyone would argue that among the most important success criteria for …

I have recently had several conversations with colleagues and friends regarding how to distinguish between your “public” social media presence and your “private” one. Let me explain what I mean by public and private. Many …

What is your flu plan?If you are like most schools, you will spend some time during opening of school meetings discussing the Swine Flu.  Its arrival seems inevitable but how much it will affect students, …

We’ve had a lot of requests for examples of schools with Facebook fan pages. Thanks to the hard work of our intern, Brian, we now have a great resource for anyone looking for school pages.
If …

In preparing for my presentation at the WhippleHill User Confrerence last week, my mind has been grappling with the idea of student participation using social media in my schools marketing efforts. Canterbury, like many independent …