Sunday, May 9, 2010

Social Media and Education


Tattered Cover participates in a great deal of social media, and we care about education, so we found this article in The School Library Journal to be very interesting.

"From teachers to principals, professors to bloggers, educators gathered online and at the 92nd Street Y in New York City to consider the future of education in a collaborative social media world during several sessions at the 140 Characters Conference held April 20–21.

The conference, which considers Twitter’s effect on our culture, featured presentations on education, where speakers addressed the disconnect within schools today, most of which have failed to leverage online tools and social networking to engage their students."

Read the whole article

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