Many aspiring crafters and cooking fanatics are familiar with Pinterest, a social media site set up like a virtual bulletin board in which users “pin” favorite home décor,…
Akron, Ohio middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns could see her career come to a grinding halt next Monday when the Akron Public Schools Board of Education meets…
Hesitation on administrators’ part is often cited as a top barrier to incorporating more social media tools in classrooms. But with a carefully crafted social media policy, educators…
Syracuse, Rochester, and Johns Hopkins are among the universities that offer online tools to help their students burnish their digital footprint free of charge, realizing that negative online…
Facebook has started dribbling out the latest changes to its everchanging privacy controls, CNET reports. New privacy notifications and menus are now greeting members as they log into…
Countries around the world are leveraging the power of social networking in school to prepare students for highly competitive workplace environments, and the U.S. education system could learn…
Educators’ use of social networking sites has seen a large jump since 2009, according to a new report that surveyed educators' membership, use, privacy practices, and other social…
The parents of a south Georgia college student first learned from Facebook that their daughter had been found dead in a dormitory study room shortly before Thanksgiving, reports…
President Barack Obama called it - in less than 140 characters, Reuters reports. Around 11:15 pm EST, just as the networks were beginning to call the race in…
Twitter has been credited with — and blamed for — a lot of things. Supporters claim it fueled the Green Revolution in Iran and helped the Arab Spring,…