ERIC Number: EJ964895
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Social Media as a Professional Tool
Principal, v90 n5 p36-38 May-Jun 2011
Social networking is more than catching up with family and long-lost friends; it's turned into a professional resource for educators to exchange ideas and expand their professional learning network (PLN). According to the report "School Principals and Social Networking in Education: Practices, Policies, and Realities in 2010," most responding principals indicated that social networking sites have value in education as a way for educators to share information and resources; to create professional learning communities; and to improve schoolwide communications with students and staff. However, according to the report, principals were less likely than teachers or librarians to have joined a social network. In this interview, principals Lyn Hilt and George Couros explain how they have grown professionally through social networking and what principals have to gain by participating.
Descriptors: Social Networks, Principals, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Administrator Attitudes, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Librarians, Interviews
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). 1615 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-386-2377; Tel: 703-684-3345; Fax: 800-396-2377; e-mail: naesp@naesp.org; Web site: http://www.naesp.org
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Language: English
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