Schools and social media

Schools and social media

'The social media covers a wide range of applications including blogging, wikis, online forums, Twitter and Facebook. Most forms of social media are free and are easy to use. By 2009 Australians had become the world's greatest consumers of social media, according to the Nielsen 2010 Social Media Report, but so far schools have been reluctant to participate in this trend. This article explores some of the ways in which schools might use the social media, and the benefits they could bring.'

This article has been adapted from the author's report Why schools are spooked by social media
Results of a survey of Victorian School Principals, published by the sponsor-ed Group June 2010.

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by Denis Masseni