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Facebook, Edutopia collaborate on social media guide

As most high school students are gearing up for summer break, many teachers and administrators are planning and prepping for the next school year. Part of their planning may include strategies to integrate technology in the classroom, through digital textbooks, gaming, and social media, U.S. News reports. On May 8, the nonprofit Edutopia [1] released “How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School [2].” The free guide, released during Teacher Appreciation Week, is part of a collaboration with Facebook.

“Without having a plan and a focus on how you’re going to go about incorporating social media, you’re potentially going to find that you’re not able to reap the benefits,” says Cindy Johanson, executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, which produces Edutopia.

The guide lists steps teachers should take to introduce a formal social media policy–a document that states, in very specific terms, how teachers and students should behave while using social media…

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