Oregon school districts flock to Facebook and Twitter
The Oregonian has this article today.
I think this is really cool.
I remember just a few short years ago when my stepson's teachers were finally willing to my wife and I their email addresses. It took some convincing but they finally agreed to let us communicate with them by email. The result? we had much better communication with them, and were much more involved in his education.
The next logical step is to incorporate social media in to the mix. It is the way most kids communicate today, along with a growing number of their parents.
We currently have three streams of communication. Teacher to student, student to parent, and then parent to teacher. Using social media however, we can will bring teachers, parents and students into one communication loop. the possibilities are very exciting.
Now, if we can get churches, pastors and youth pastors into this on a much wider scale.
