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How Educators Can Use Social Media for Good
By Stephanie Filio, M.Ed., author of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis Social media has taken on a Shakespearian role in our lives in which we love it and we hate it simultaneously. Sometimes … Continue reading
Engaging Parents in Student Success
By Barbara Gruener Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. This wise proverb, suspected to have come from African roots, is really speaking to me as we launch into the 2017–2018 school … Continue reading
Best Twitter Accounts and Chats for Educators
By Andrew Hawk As social media continues to become more and more integrated into American society, educators everywhere continue to find ways to apply it to their trade. The networking potential for Twitter and chatting is only beginning to be … Continue reading
Guidelines for Teachers Using Social Media
By Andrew Hawk Teacher-student relationships have been under a magnifying glass for several years as case after case of inappropriate relationships have trickled into the news. This scrutiny has also surfaced in the debate over how educators should handle their … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Twitter!
By Anastasia Scott, who sends out most of Free Spirit’s tweets March 21, 2015, marks the ninth anniversary of the first official tweet ever sent into the Internet abyss. Free Spirit didn’t join the party until 2009, but since then … Continue reading
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