Although this takes another ten minutes from my due tasks I scheduled for today I cannot resist to blog this entry from “Mashable- the Social Media Guide”. Scott Belsky has interviewed and studied a number of networking people to find out how they can still sustain their productivity while at the same time being active [...]

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The other day I wrote a blog entry about a digitally organized teacher – René Scheppler and the same day linked to an article of Stuttgarter Zeitung where I had given an interview on the reluctance and problems of using social media in schools. Today I came across an article on how  administration and principals [...]

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Free Resources from Generation YES We are happy to provide these resources to help you empower students to improve technology use in their own schools. The resources on this page are all free, based on lessons learned in our years of working with K-12 schools around the world building successful student-centered, student-led technology programs. Please [...]

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An updated version of the “Did you Know-Shift Happens ” Video by Karl Fisch on the rapidly changing landscape of social media. People might be reluctant to accept these developments but the facts speak their own language….

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Here is a Wiki where you will find guidelines on the use of Social Media in schools. It is an open WIKI and you may enter your contributions, too. I think this is an excellent project of collaboration and I like the structure of the content. Comes in very handy for all who work with [...]

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This is a wonderful site which offers a number of embeddable videos explaining Social Media, Podcasting, Twitter, Photosharing, Social bookmarking etc – in “plain English” – ready to use for education!!! And if you want to use it for your English lessons – there’s the transcript that comes with the video! Fantastic service!!!!- Here is [...]

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