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School / Work Affiliation: Menno Public School

Website: http://ms034.k12.sd.us

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About Me: I am the Technology Coordinator in a small K-12 school in rural South Dakota. Like many small schools in South Dakota, we have small class sizes. To give you an idea of size, we have 75 students in grades 9-12.

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Students, School, and Social Networking

Posted on February 24, 2009 at 11:49am 2 Comments 0 Likes

I've been engaged in a conversation with some of my fellow tech coordinators in my state about social networking, more specifically Facebook, and how it all fits into schools and the curriculum. Some of the schools have blocked sites like this and a few others, definitely the minority, have left them open. The discussion has ranged from the blocking issue to teaching how to use Facebook and the deeper issues of privacy and posting in general.

Here's my take: Our students are going to… Continue

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At 8:51am on October 13, 2012, Amelia said…: Hello dear,I'm Amelia by name,I have something very important to discuss with you,please kindly email be back(
amelia_herbert23@yahoo.com)I will be waiting to hear from you soon.Thanks

At 12:31pm on April 24, 2009, Jack said…: Hey Martin,

Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

Do you mind passing my message along to students and your colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

At 10:14pm on January 19, 2009, Jack said…: Thank you, Martin! That is very appreciated :]

At 3:47pm on January 17, 2009, Jack said…: Hi Martin. I was wondering if you and your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. If not, perhaps you have some educator contacts you could direct me to. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!