Parents Must Monitor Social Media

The use of Facebook, Twitter, and other sites has risen among teens, and school administrators are becoming more aware that parents must monitor social media.  They are working with parents to remind students of the effects of detrimental and permanent posting items...

Twitter Has Some Great Benefits for Teachers

Twitter has some great benefits for teachers. I’m obsessed, I’ll admit it. I signed up for a Twitter account a few years ago but didn’t really us it much.  Friends where always telling me what a great tool for teachers it is and how much I would...

A Teacher’s Guide To Twitter

Well, celebrities use it, politicians use it, why shouldn’t teachers use it? We’re talking about Twitter, of course. Carrie Kamm, mentor-resident coach with the Academy for Urban School Leadership’s (AUSL) Chicago Teacher Residency program, noted that one...