HOW TO FIND – AND USE – SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
By Sheri Watkins In the summer, most students and parents are thinking of camps, vacation and fun in the sun. While teachers enjoy some relaxation time, many spend the...
Category: Social Media How To’s
Unbearable to Shareable: Five ways to make your blog posts better and more popular
Blogs: We all read them. Some of us write them. You see them shared on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest. The topics can be personal (parenting tales or stories of...
Why Women Use Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
See that mom over there with the smartphone in her hand? How about the 20-something who’s all business with her Blackberry or that elegant woman at lunch, tapping out...
Join our Ellen DeGeneres Twitter party!
It’s springtime in Detroit (sunshine soon, please?!) and it’s time to laugh and brighten every day with The Ellen Show on Local4! Join us for a Twitter Party on...
What the New YouTube Layout and Other Google Updates Mean for Your Small Business
There has been a lot of news on the Google front lately. We’d like to run through a few of its social media products with helpful updates we’ve been...
Local Students to Receive Social Media and Digital Citizenship Training
For today’s “tweens” — young teenagers between the ages of 9 to 13 — learning about reading, writing and arithmetic only covers a portion of what they need to...
Why Care About Blogger Outreach?
By Lauren Weber Many small businesses want to get noticed more online, but aren’t sure where to begin. They want their PR and marketing dollars to go farther...
Why Yelp is Important for Small Businesses
By Deanna Rose Are you using Yelp to help grow your small business? You should be! Yelp is the popular online review website that helps people find great local...
HOW TO HELP STUDENTS CREATE A POSITIVE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
We are pleased to share that Sheri Watkins, co-creator of Saving Face for Schools, has a post featured on Compass Learning Navigator. Check out this great blog post on,...
Snap, Chat, Poke: What’s the recommended allowance for kids and mobile apps?
By Sheri Watkins There’s a growing concern among parents of tech-savvy kids: Young children are getting their own smartphones and tablets, meaning they have access to more and more...
What is Facebook Graph Search?
By Emily A. Hay Today’s blog was prepared for the Internet Advisors show on WJR 760AM and on the Michigan Radio Network. You can access podcasts from the media...
Snapchat: The “Kid Friendly” Sexting App?
By Sheri Watkins What is Snapchat? If you are a parent, you should be aware of this popular app that may already be on your child’s smartphone. Snapchat...