Marketing & Communication
EdTech
60 Popular Education Twitter Hashtags
In the education world there are hundreds of hashtags used, and it can be a bit overwhelming and confusing to pick a good one. Here are 60 of the most popular hashtags in education on Twitter.
EdTech
New at 2015 iNACOL Symposium: Voices Hub, P2P Exchanges & the App
As you begin gearing up for the 2015 iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium on November 8-11, we want to make sure you know about some new and exciting opportunities being offered that you’ll definitely want to add to your “must-do” list. This year’s theme is “Connecting Powerful Innovators” and these new features will help you do just that.
EdTech
Teaching Kids to Navigate Social Media? It’s a Matter of Principle
By: Sarah Maraniss Vander Schaaff. Practical strategies and resources to help parents navigate social media decisions, and the role of principles in the journey to do what's right online.
EdTech
The Educator’s Guide to Social Media
By: Larry Magid. There are a great many advantages of social media both as a classroom tool and to enhance your professional reputation. Sure there are risks, but they are manageable and easily outweighed by the rewards.
EdTech
15 Content Recycling Strategies to Extend Your Impact
Whether you’re a teacher blogger, a district or university CIO, a or an EdTech executive you should be creating and sharing great content to build your brand and extend your impact. Here are five content creation gems and 15 content recycling tips to extend your impact.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Be Kind Rewind
This week we’re rewinding, updating, and relaunching a series of interactive papers that provide guidance for the adoption of standards and assessments that focus on the shift to personalized digital learning.
EdTech
5 Tips for Managing Social Media (Before it Manages You)
Social media managers know what it feels like when social media is managing their life. Here are five tips to help keep it simple.
Difference Making
Build Your Brand: How a Positive Social Media Presence can Lead to a Career
By: Haley Osborne. Social media is an ever-changing entity, but we’re finding there are a few things about it that stay constant. Here's how to not only create the best personal brand possible via social media, but how to use it to boost your career as well.
EdTech
100+ Education Twitter Accounts to Follow
We love Twitter. Whether you are new to the Twitter-sphere or you are looking to build an EdTech savvy feed, here is a breakdown of Team Getting Smart’s Twitter accounts + over 100 more we are currently enjoying in our feeds.
EdTech
How to Use LinkedIn to Build a Student Portfolio
Well-designed learner portfolios provide students an opportunity to chart their growth and tell their story. That's why every student should have a digital portfolio. A great place to start is on LinkedIn.