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 …

So you are interested in getting started at your school with live streaming video. Maybe you want to make a concert or athletic event available to parents and alumni who are far from your …

edSocialMedia Bootcamp
A School Administrator’s Guide to Social Media
**WEATHER UPDATE** – Yes! We are still holding the bootcamp at St. Christopher’s School on Feb 3.

Join us on February 3, 2010 at St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, …

A word of thanks to the folks over at WhippleHill Communications for streaming my keynote at the edSocialMedia Bootcamp at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA. Over 20 independent school professionals in all areas of …

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.

(On the topic of website video, here is a follow-up to Video Primer.)
Is your video experiment working? Check your statistics! Video websites track the number of playbacks of each item, one potential measure of success. …

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 …

A conversation with Montclair Kimerbley Academy’s Bill Stites about the school’s Irish Studies senior elective and trip.

Bill talked about the transition from documenting the trip via a static web site to a Wordpress powered blog that folded in Flickr, Twitter, & Youtube to share their experiences as they traveled throughout Ireland.

When I first jumped on Twitter it was to follow people I met at events, conferences or folks I was already connected to on other social networks.
Then to my surprise people started following me who …