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Social Media Integration in Higher Education | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

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

Social Media Strategery

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

Social Media Strategery

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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Videogames, morality, the media, and Modern Warfare

The Way of the Web

Possibly more for me than most, as I’d been reading Michael Walzer’s ‘Just and Unjust Wars’ for a history class at university around the same time!) Tags: Videogames · xbox 360 blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners: And that’s before we even start mentioning Second Life and World of Warcraft.

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Social Media is Scary - How to Address Junior Employees

Social Media Strategery

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! The Whole. :

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

Social Media Strategery

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 Now, I’ll admit, I was extremely skeptical of this course when I first heard about it. I don’t think that social media or Enterprise 2.0 The Whole. :

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you are going down the free route, use Google Blog Search, Technorati, and blogrolls to find relevant blogs. But what I’m also learning is that there exists the same class system within social media as with all media. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca