A Lesson For Schools – Social Media Is Like A Party

The video at the end of this article shows Internet marketing guru, Perry Belcher, explaining how he uses social media to attract new clients and make more money.

While the video is targeted at small business owners looking to use social media as a means of increasing sales, there is a lot in the video that schools can use as well.

The main point Perry is making in the video is that you need to treat social media as though it were a party. Each of the various social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, etc) are a different online party. And when you go to a party, you don’t want to show up and immediately start talking about yourself.

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Social Media Schools Now Available On The Amazon Kindle

The Amazon Kindle is a handheld electronic device made for reading digital e-books, PDFs and blogs. The Kindle, much like an iPod or MP3 player, which play music files, allows you to carry a large number of digital books and electronic documents in your pocket. (The Kindle is capable of playing music files as well.)

The Amazon Kindle is currently being used in schools around the world… and the introduction of the new large screen Kindle DX is currently being marketed as a device more suitable for displaying newspaper and textbook content. 

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How To Social Media Videos For School Administrators – Coming Soon!

We’ve got some exciting news!

SocialMediaSchools.com is currently working to create a series of how-to videos that will give school administrators a step-by-step break down of how to set up social media profiles and use social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with, educate, and inspire their teachers, students, parents, staff and community members. 

These training videos are expected to be finished by the end of May 2009 and we are rushing to get them done in time for you to integrate into your school system before the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

We believe it is imperative that we get this information out there as soon as humanly possible because we know that social media is going to play a significant role in the education system over the coming months and years.

Our plan for these videos is to answer all the major questions you might have in regards to creating, using, and moderating a social networking account.  
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Teacher’s Social Media YouTube Video Goes Viral

Created by Michael Wesch of Kansas State University, the following video (which has been viewed several million times) is both art and idea mixed in one. Titled The Machine is Us/ing Us, the video not only demonstrates how the Internet and Web 2.0 has evolved over the years, but how we are continuing to use these new tools and technologies to create, share and collaboate with people around the world. 

As is common with much of Michael Wesch’s work, the video does not attempt to provide an answer, but instead, to ask some really good questions. 

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How The Police Use MySpace To Investigate Crimes

This is just an intro to what will be a continuing discussion here on SocialMediaSchools.com, but the following video shows how what you post online could get your BUSTED! 

Going back to the misconceptions many people have about the Internet and social media, the following video shows how the people that use social networking websites (such as Facebook and MySpace) are not always just kids. 

In addition to parents, teachers, staff and school administrators using the Internet to puruse and interact with people online, the police are also using social media websites to scope out, investigate, and sometimes arrest people who are performing illegal activities. 

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What Is Social Networking?

In our last video post we answered the question, “What Is Social Media?” But today we’re going to discuss the term “Social Networking” and how it relates to you and your school. 

And once again, we’re going to use an easy-to-understand video made by the good folks at Common Craft to explain exactly what social networking is. So sit back and enjoy! 

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