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Social media sites barely used in secondary education - barriers.

Describes how social media can support learning and argues that restrictive social media policies should be re-thought. Suggests making a distinction between policies (what is specifically allowed and not allowed) and guidelines (recommendations for best practice). References specific US legislation and education standards but the proposed framework for guidelines has general relevance with learning and behaviour the focus, not technology and tools.

From Guy Kawasaki: "Following me on social media means that you are drinking from a fire hose. I subscribe to the "more is more" philosophy of social-media-meaning that I share approximately ten to fifty posts everyday to provide a constant flow of information, analysis, education, and assistance to my followers."

Article title : Social networking tools for academic libraries, the writer is the University of Hong Kong education faculty staff. Samuel Kai-Wah Chu, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Education funding facts comparing Estonia and Australia

From the website: "Bright ideas is a blog by the School Libraries Association of Victoria (SLAV) and the State Library of Victoria (SLV). Its aim is to encourage teacher librarians and educators to actively engage with ICT, to share tools and experiences, to network on a global scale, and to embrace dynamic teaching and learning opportunities."

Although this policy relates to American schools, it recognises that the same principles used for employee social media use in Australia are relevant everywhere. The policy includes a lot of the same information as the Australian examples, however, ends with a detailed Frequently Asked Questions section that would be extremely useful to employees seeking clarification in regards to general, personal and student social media use.

Blogs are now an established part of the chattersphere/public conversation, especially in international development circles, but Duncan Green finds academic take-up lacking. Here he outlines the major arguments for taking blogging and social media seriously. It doesn't need to become another onerous time-commitment. Reading a blog should be like listening to the person talk, but with links.

Dragon Dictation App - Dragon Dictation records voice as text onto a word processing document. A handy tool to use when writing an essay. Sometimes I find verbal ideas and thoughts are clear, I struggle to synthesize all the information into written text. the Dragon Dictation software is another tool to assist with education.

This article demonstrates the needs and challenges in setting social media policies in school. Since schools encourage using social media in education context, policies should be made to guide students using social media in safe. Privacy, identitiy, compliance, content authority, accessibility and privacy have to be concerned. The article suggest that social media policy should have clear guidelines and firm principles, explain rules and consequences when violate, and resources list and review time for references.

Despite its often scary nature, social media can be an engaging platform that brings together people who share a common interest or can promote engagement through the creation of a networked community. The University of Melbourne's Library uses social media extensively to promote the library to a wide appreciative audience who engage with it via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.