Recently I read on the oz-teachers mailing list a warning for teachers about using social networking sites unprofessionally. This UK article, suggests that teachers should be cautious of what they post online and check what information is available about them. Teachers are warned that schools are scouring social networking sites and googling potential candidates for [...]
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Are you on LinkedIN?
Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Sunday, May 15th 2011
Top 10 Twitter Tips!
Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Monday, April 4th 2011
Without a doubt, Twitter is my number one form of professional development and I am always recommending it to other educators. I first joined Twitter in early 2009 although I didn’t start using it daily until early 2010. I find Twitter to be a one stop shop to meet like-minded educators. It is a place [...]
Social Media Monitoring
Posted by Kathleen Morris (McGeady) on Sunday, August 15th 2010
Last week I posted about Denis Masseni’s report “Why Schools are Spooked by Social Media.” An interesting component of this report was on social media monitoring. That is, monitoring the internet for mentions of a particular keyword (such as your school). This is a good way to take defensive action if negative mentions occur and [...]
Why Schools are Spooked by Social Media
Posted by Kathleen Morris (McGeady) on Saturday, August 7th 2010
I was pleased I was listening to ABC Radio Melbourne this morning when I heard the next segment was going to be about social media in schools. While I braced myself for a flood of ill informed callers harping on the negatives of Facebook and the like I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. Denis [...]
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