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Can EdTech Help Dropout Rates?
According to the United States Department of Education, the dropout rate among students 16 to 24 years old dropped from roughly 14 percent in 1980 to 8 percent in 2008. While this is an improvement,...
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Breanne Hull: CEO & Founder, Educlone
Educlone has not launched yet, but Breanne Hull is relentlessly working the phones and talking to teachers. She runs Educlone, which promises to be an online video sharing tool for teachers and their...
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We Are Content. We Are Curation. Open the Doors, See All the People.
Interest = Content Note: Thank you to Sree Srinavasan for putting on Social Media Weekend at Columbia University, and for coming up with a great list for social media use and work. If you at all depend...
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#140interviews: Lauren Vargas, Director of Community, Radian6
Starting a new series today. I interview people in 140 characters or less (a deeper interview comes later after we’ve had a chance to talk on the phone). During BlogWorld Expo in NYC, I talked to...
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The Future of #Socialcommerce is Mobile
I went to my first class at General Assembly, which is really close to the Union Square Ventures offices north of Union Square. The class was about community management metrics and how to measure them....
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#Google+, Not #Facebook, Will Form the Basis of Education Networking
Facebook is not the future of social networks education, but Google+ might be. As Ryan Bretag says, it is likely that Google+ will be the way things work in education networking. First, Google+ allows...
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Teens: How To Reach Them with Tech and Social Media
If teachers know anything, they know that you have to reach a teen where the teen can be reached. Usually that’s mobile devices. A non-profit organization leader offers advice on outreach for teens on...
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Social Media in Education Manifesto: Truth, Quality, Integrity
I’d like to get a few things off my chest, and they involve social media marketing and community management. Here are some things that I believe form the core of social media marketing and community...
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Updates: Community Manager @rewiredinc, Site Redesign
Hello from Douglas Crets, the guy who writes this blog. I have been burning the candle at both ends recently with a slew of projects, some of which I cannot talk about until they are launched. I can...
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China Youth Shows Promise as Social Media Pioneers
Yang Lan, China’s Oprah, makes a compelling case for the rise of the social media class in China. She says that the Chinese social media environment is a study in media freedom and cultural pressure,...
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