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The Privacy Technical Assistance Center, working with the Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance office, has developed a new checklist document that provides a framework for evaluating online educational tools' Terms of Service Agreements.

It's no surprise that Twitter, inarguably one of the most popular social platforms, has more than tweens and "hip brands" (like us, of course!) tweeting tidbits into the universe. Teachers, professors, and other types of educators use this platform to bring academia into the 21st Century, share ideas, and intellectually influence their followers.

from November Learning News http://novemberlearning.com

Today's schools are focusing on boosting kids' technological proficiency and warning them about the perils of the web. But something critical is missing from this education. Indeed, although many of today's teens are immersed in social media, that doesn't mean "that they inherently have the knowledge or skills to make the most of their online experiences," writes Danah Boyd in her 2014 book It's Complicated: The Secret Lives of Networked Teens .

I joined Twitter on May 20, 2008. ( http://twbirthday.com/schneiderb/) It took me 1 year and 1 month before I sent my first tweet on June 20, 2009. ( https://discover.twitter.com/first-tweet#schneiderb) Why? Because I didn't know what to tweet about or who to follow.

Using social media to share with your community? It's a start, but it's not enough. Using social media to connect with other educators? That's awesome, but that's not enough either. Using what you've learned from social media to significantly change the day-to-day learning experiences of students (and teachers)? Now you're getting somewhere...