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Successful accountants and accounting firms need to be both socially responsible and responsibly social in order to survive in today's tech savvy world. It is crucial for accounting firms to demonstrate that they are keeping up with the times, and that they understand modern ways of communicating with each other, their clients, and potential clients.

Article about incorporating social media into courses.

A brief article about social media's role in education

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

Ways to use this popular social network in education.

A commercial response to the problem of unwanted publicity in the age of social media. I haven't used this site, but thought it worth sharing.

Many of us in TT1421 have concerns about the adequacy of privacy protection in the social media world.

Survey finds faculty divided on social media in the classroom Do you friend your students on Facebook? Do you tweet, or use Twitter in the classroom? Do you network on LinkedIn, and participate in its groups? Does your college or university have a social media policy?

Social media in the college classroom - article.

Collaborative Technologies | Feature From Twitter to Edmodo: Schools Collaborate With Social Media Schools are using a variety of social media tools to help students connect and work together. A great resource with many options to use in the classroom as well as information on security.

Using social networking to support learning different learning styles

An interesting article about social networking and constructivist learning theory.

The first step towards applying social media into education starts with empowering teachers by giving them freedom to use social media to engage with students and giving them the freedom to come-up with innovative ways of teaching using technology.

Our students are constantly on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and likely many sites we're not hip enough to know about, and by reading this blog, you will be able to decide what social media will be more suitable to your course.

This post describes and provides examples of three social media platforms used as a pedagogical tool to create meaningful learning assignments in face-to-face and online courses. Social media platforms such as blogs, Wikis and Twitter hold great potential as vehicles for student learning.

This is the summary that comes with the article. Social networking is a topic I have extensively covered here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning during this year. I am also preparing an ebook about it which I will publish here in the next coming weeks. Why next coming weeks and not this week ?

Social networking is a topic I have extensively covered here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning during this year. I am also preparing an ebook about it which I will publish here in the next coming weeks. Why next coming weeks and not this week ?

I could see using this in my College Success course. That class lends itself more to discussion in this forum.

The debate surrounding social media as a learning tool is unlikely to abate any time soon. Is it just a distraction, or do the interactive educational tools available outweigh any disadvantages? Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, are becoming steadily more integrated within a variety of apps targeted at learning.

Bricks don't make a school. People do. We are social organisations of parents, students and staff working together in the mission of training young people. What role can social media have in schools?

Colleges and universities are beginning to embrace social media and realizing the potential power and implications for using it as a component of their overall marketing mix. This guide will introduce you to some of the more popular forms of social media, including Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, blogs, and del.icio.us.

Millennials' social media habits matter. Why? Some of the reasons are obvious; millennials represent tremendous potential buying power, and are some of the most important consumers to reach through social media marketing. They're also young and have grown up using the Internet, and are therefore more likely to embrace new technologies, which is important for emerging brands.

Tips are geared toward K-12 grades, but some could be used for college classes.

Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry . They are wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of The following projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to Twitter 's format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies.

Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry . They are wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter 's format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies.