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Social Media Integration in Higher Education | Social Media Strategery

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Social media-focused classes for the core curriculum is an excellent idea. I don’t think it should be specifically called a social media class; rather, it should be a well-rounded class that focuses on communicating in a digital world. It almost boggles or “bloggles” our minds!

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Grading Social Media

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In last week’s #SMCEDU chat, we discussed the issue of grading students in classes that teach social media. What about those classes that aren’t teaching social media, is there a place for social media in those classes too? How should social media fit into the world of academia? And then, how do we grade them?

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Rethinking Public Relations Education

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Some were in media relations classes where they were learning about the differences between pitching reporters and bloggers. That’d be like adding a class for “Business Email 101.&# Social media shouldn’t get it’s own special class – social media IS media. If not, why? Do they apply?

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Social Media is Scary - How to Address Junior Employees

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started last year while taking classes towards my Masters of Library and Information Science degree. Each morning my first order of business is to read and comment on many of the blogs in my blogroll. Work, travel, class and homework take up a lot of my time, but in the end these are only excuses. JE Great post!

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

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is something that you can learn about from a book, course, class, or test. It soon became clear that the attendees of this class were far more advanced in Enterprise 2.0 Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0 I wasn’t a fan.

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

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JE This is exactly the point I’ve been making in my management class. JE This is exactly the point I’ve been making in my management class. Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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So You Want to Bring Social Media to Your Organization?

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Bookmark the blogs on my blogroll found to the right. Read the blogs that you find on those blogs’ blogrolls. We’ve actually been discussing this in my management class over the last few weeks. Start by understanding what social media/new media/Web 2.0 link] Emma 1.5: Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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