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The Case for Social Media in Schools – EdSoMe

Filed under: Academic Achievement, Creative Assignments, Ed Technology, Sharing Ideas and Successes, Social Lesson Plans, The Portland Project by Karl Meinhardt

Yesterday The Portland Project was covered in an article by Mashable entitled, The Case for Social Media in Schools. The conversation that is ensuing because of that article is really quite amazing.

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Texting Paid Off!

Filed under: Ed Technology, Student Attendance, Student Engagement, The Portland Project by Karl Meinhardt

“Texting Paid Off!” is the subject of the email I just received from George Middle School (GMS) Principal Beth Madison. Beth and her staff hired me late last year to help them design and implement a social networking /social media strategy in her 93% free and reduced, Title I school in Portland, Oregon . One [...]

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Origins of the Portland Project

Filed under: Academic Achievement, Student Attendance, The Portland Project by Karl Meinhardt

The project started simply enough. A very creative educator and counselor at George Middle School, Liz Delmatoff, found a clip of an NBC News segment I did on social media. She tracked me down and several phone calls worth of brainstorming later, I was booked to spend three days at GMS to help her team [...]

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