Mediating Social Media

There are so many types of social media out in the world now, it is tough to make a decision on which one best fits your needs, let alone try to pick the best ones for an entire school community.

In today's schools, leaders have to make decisions on what kind of platform of social media their school will use to communicate to their community through. Each school's population and setting will dictate the best form, through factors such as accessibility to social media at home, usability for all members, and clarity of the message.

This decision will impact how a good amount of school information will be disseminated to the school's population and surrounding community. The school leader will have to determine, based off of a survey or school community meeting, which direction to go in, as well as who are going to be the administers who post and modify the social media school account.

Here are some tips for school leaders using social media around the country: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/social-media-tips-administrators.shtml