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Social media finds place in classroom

Among educators, Eric Sheninger is something of a social networking hero.

The principal of New Milford (N.J.) High School has nearly 12,300 Twitter followers (his handle: @NMHS_Principal). He and his teachers use Facebook to communicate with students and parents, and students use it to plan events. In class, teachers routinely ask kids to power up their cellphones to respond to classroom polls and quizzes. Rather than ban cellphones, Sheninger calls them "mobile learning devices."

He replaced the school’s "static, boring" website with what has become a heavily used Facebook page, and his teachers encourage students to research, write, edit, perform and publish their work online.

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-07-24-schools-social-media_n.htm

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