Social Media
How Social Media is Like a Party
Ideas for schools
“When you use Facebook or Twitter to communicate with your parents, teachers,
students and community members, you don’t want to ALWAYS be talking about you
and your school. Instead, you’ve got to treat your social media use more like
a party.
- Use social media to compliment and congratulate people in your community.
- Use social media to profile the accomplishments of your teachers and
students.
- Use social media to build up your staff and community members.
- Use social media to ask questions and gather feedback.
- Use social media to find out what your students, parents, teachers
and community members really want.
“Because social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are free, easy to
use, and have millions of current users, many schools see this as an opportunity
to pump their community with selfish and meaningless content. But when
you start to treat your social media use more like a party, you start to
realize just how wrong this approach really is.”
Source: Social Media Schools
