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 …

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A conversation from the ESM Summit about the social media impact on the evolution of teaching with Hans Mundahl (New Hampton School), Peter Gow (BCDS), David Bill (The …

What are Facebook applications? How do companies use them to access your personal information? This workshop encourages middle school students to think critically about the social network sites they use.

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 …

I’ve become a big fan of the power of social media in general and live video in particular to help me reach learner outcomes and create student engagement. This video goes into how I got …

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 …

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, …

Last week I had the pleasure of spending a day at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina for a bootcamp. Among the people I had the opportunity to meet and talk with was Matt …

In a recent email I received from one of our school’s Educational Technology Coordinators, she asked my opinion on creating a Facebook page for the following year’s Senior class.  She wants to use the page …