“Our school won’t let us be on social media, what are we to do?” I get that question quite a bit — ok, maybe not worded exactly that way, but the idea is the same

Lately there has been a lot of talk about 21st century learning. Schools all over the country are having discussions about this buzz phrase. Schools are trying to figure out how to bring in

Social media use is still on the rise. Did anyone else notice the Twitter commercials during the Olympics? It is become a normalcy in our media landscape, but some schools are still skeptical about

Creating a Facebook presence for your staff is pretty easy and there are some great resources out there on how to do it. Your staff can use this Facebook page a variety of ways

Jeff Sondermann of Poynter posted this piece last week that gives tips on increasing engagement on your Facebook page. In addition, he’s linked to some other good, related articles and included data. You can see

  A story in the New York Times describes a teenager who created his own social media niche with his love for basketball, his desire to connect, and his instinctive work ethic. It’s somewhat of a

Recently at KEMPA’s Winter Adviser’s conference, JEA president Mark Newton spoke about the TOP FIVE. Top Five what? you may ask. Well, the Top Five everything journalism & advising. Mark encouraged us to make a top-five

Are journalism educators asking the right questions about digital and social media? How do we know when we engage readers? How do we encourage interaction? Do teachers crave feedback and fear silence? If you knew

If your staff is online and hasn’t yet discovered Storify, do. Like, now. If social media is the ultimate source of mined community data, Storify is the pre-designed bow around the gift that keeps on