Comments on Simple Marketing Blog: Education & Social Media

Thanks, Lee, and also for the link to your post wh...

2009-09-08T14:17:23.573-04:00

Thanks, Lee, and also for the link to your post which looks fascinating!

Great post, and thanks for the mention. The post I...

2009-09-05T20:17:50.980-04:00

Great post, and thanks for the mention. The post I did today on creativity and education is related: http://social-media-university-global.org/2009/09/back-to-school-thoughts-on-creativity/

Maybe if schools incorporated more social media training they wouldn't squelch so much creativity.

Heather, thanks for commenting on this post. You ...

2009-09-03T09:11:52.193-04:00

Heather, thanks for commenting on this post. You ask great questions. I found the UK article fascinating in the detail it offered; it seemed to want to blend the disciplines - altho perhaps that was simply being diplomatic?

I'm interested to see how my daughter's schooling will integrate social media. So far - 2nd grade starts next week - nothing altho she knows I blog!

Thanks again and welcome to this marvelous world!

As someone that works in a school system at the ad...

2009-09-02T21:02:52.322-04:00

As someone that works in a school system at the administrator level, I found your blog fascinating. How do schools determine what age groups of children need to know about social media tools? As you said, we know they are not going anywhere, so perhaps starting them in the primary grades is a good idea. However, are we then glossing over those things like language arts and reading in favor of things like Twitter and Facebook, which seem to apply much more readily to today's "real world?"

I myself am fairly new to the world of social media and do not have all the answers. I am just excited to see the conversations that are happening out there about what our future can look like!