Social media has become a piece in the fabric of our lives, including the professional world of journalism. Many teachers across the country are beginning to incorporate social media lessons and practices in their classroom, and

New to Twitter? Looking for some new accounts to follow? Here’s a great list from Sarah Marshall on Journalism.co.uk. The list mentions many accounts we’ve mentioned on this site before from macloo and 10000Words

Judy Babb posted a link to this post on the JEA Listserv yesterday and called it ‘fabulous.’ In the post “Workshops on elevating your Twitter use and engaging in breaking news“, Steve Buttry shares presentations

“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

A request was made on the JEA Listserv last weekend for individuals to share their Twitter ID. What a great idea! We have one Twitter lists started already on this site, it’s a list

When starting something new like social media or common core, it can be overwhelming.  On social media, it is important for people to find topics and people that are interesting and useful to their

Trying to figure out what apps to load to those new staff iPods or iPads? Sarah Marshall posted a nice list of 22 tools and apps that you should take a look at. It

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