Social Media for School Leaders: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Most Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Other Essential Web Tools
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118342348 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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thorough social media guide Laura B. Whether you're new to social media or have been using it for years, this book will show you tools to help your school engage more efficiently, safely and strategically with its community. Many school administrators have tried to ignore and even block social media's power, but clearly that won't work any longer. Social Media for School Leaders is a smart tool to help you reach your community where they are - on social media.. This book is a friendly, well-written, comprehensive guide that will make you an expert on social media engagement in education Dr. Brian J Dixon is an educator in Baton Rouge Louisiana with a doctoral degree in educational technology from San Diego State University, and the author of Social Media for School Leaders. He is also the founder of the Mentorship-Academy - a project-based, technology-focused charter school in Baton Rouge. The focus at this school is to provide a student-centered learning place to help under-served students prepare for success in college and beyond. He is currently a school l. A well-written, how-to guide for using social media to engage! Stellagirl If you want to use social media to engage families and students and to introduce your school to prospective students and their families, this book is an excellent resource. The author offers a helpful framework for understanding what social media can do for your school: awareness, feedback, collaboration, and advocacy. Then he shows how to use each of the major social media tools (eg e-newsletters, Facebook, Twitter, school website, YouTube)to meet those goals. The author is a
How to create an effective social media strategy for a school or districtSchool leaders may be familiar with social media in their own lives, but many still need help in effectively using social media in their professional practice.? In this book, Brian Dixon, an expert in social media in education, offers detailed descriptions of the best online tools available today and provides step-by-step instructions for using them to move a school community from awareness to advocacy and from feedback to collaboratio
It's transformative when school leaders embrace new ways to lead in learning."--Bruce Umpstead, State Director, Educational Technology, Michigan Department of Education"This is causing school leaders to rethink their leadership strategy, moving from simply communicating to truly connecting." (Examiner, October 2012) . "A welcome guide to navigating the rocky social media shoals, and to enlisting the community stakeholders needed for success in your educational initiatives."--Bernie Trilling, 21st Century Learning Advisor, co-author of 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times"This is an important book that will help school leaders take advantage of social media and addresses some key issues that school le