Social Media for Schools

Sharing tools, tips, insights to help schools better leverage social media to tell their stories. #SchoolPR #K12PR

Josh Allen
Technology
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
The Verge - Jacob Kastrenakes
Twitter announced a pair of big upcoming features today: the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join groups based around specific...
Feb 25
Josh Allen
Coverr - Free B-roll Video Clips
freetech4teachers.com - noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne)
Coverr is a relatively new website that is offering free B-roll video clips that you can download and reuse in your own projects. Most of the videos …
Feb 2
Josh Allen
Social Media
How to Script Videos for Social Media in 5 Steps
socialmediaexaminer.com - Matt Johnston
Do you create videos for Facebook and Instagram? Wondering how to get more people to pay attention to your videos in the news feed? In this article, …
Jan 6
Josh Allen
https://www.socialschool4edu.com/how-to-use-igtv-for-schools/
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Jan 15
Josh Allen
Education
How Social Media in Schools is Changing in 2021 - Five Trends | Class Intercom
classintercom.com
This year more than ever, social media played a large role in schools’ day-to-day. Fast, efficient communication became crucial. Developing and …
Jan 6
Josh Allen
Graphic Design
11 surprising graphic design trends for 2021
creativebloq.com - Daniel Piper
Animals in suits, anyone? It's that time of year again. With the end of 2020 mercifully in sight, design forecasters have begun making their …
Nov 17, 2020
Josh Allen
How digital literacy skills helped me thrive in my virtual internship
adobe.com
How digital literacy skills helped me thrive in my virtual internship By Valentina ArismendiPosted on 11-09-2020With the summer days coming to an …
Nov 9, 2020
Josh Allen
Creating a Better Virtual Classroom: New Spark x Google Integrations! | Adobe Spark
adobespark.com
For years, millions of K–12 teachers and students have used Adobe and Google’s unique solutions to inspire, educate,…
Nov 20, 2020
Josh Allen
Instagram Releases New Features to Celebrate its 10th Birthday, Including Stories Map
socialmediatoday.com - Andrew Hutchinson
Instagram is celebrating its tenth birthday, and to mark the occasion, it’s added a couple of new, celebratory features and updates, ranging from …
Oct 6, 2020
Josh Allen
New Insights and Editing Tools Roll out for Flipboard Magazines
Inside Flipboard - Marci McCue
Do you share stories in Flipboard Magazines? Starting today, anyone curating Flipboard Magazines has access to Curator Pro, a new web-based tool for editing, organizing and adding content to your magazines,...
Oct 22, 2020
Josh Allen
https://classintercom.com/5-ways-to-improve-your-schools-social-media-response-plan/
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Aug 4, 2020
Josh Allen
Become a better photographer with this ultimate cheat sheet
creativebloq.com - Jim McCauley, Georgia Coggan
Banish your camera's Automatic Mode with this infographic. Now that the not-so-humble smartphone can take such dazzling photos, it's super-easy for …
Apr 3
Josh Allen
‘The Social Dilemma’ Review: Unplug and Run
The New York Times - Devika Girish
That social media can be addictive and creepy isn’t a revelation to anyone who uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like. But in Jeff Orlowski’s documentary “The Social Dilemma,” conscientious defectors...
Sep 9, 2020
Josh Allen
Installing Adobe Creative Cloud on Computers at Home for Remote Learning
jeadigitalmedia.org - Jonathan Rogers
Last year, Little Hawk journalism switched over to Adobe Creative Cloud from the web based or browser based versions of InDesign and PhotoShop. We …
Jul 24, 2020
Josh Allen
Facebook/Instagram Advertising
By Janette Speyer
Why choose Facebook/Instagram to advertise your products and services? Many reasons: 1. Facebook/Instagram has a robust advertising platform with strong analytics features. 2 You can razor target any market of your choice and build different audiences. 3. It's very inexpensive. In this Storyboard, I am sharing articles that will guide you through the Facebook/Instagram ad process.
Jul 16, 2020
Josh Allen
How to Write and Use Alt Text Tags on Instagram
schneiderb.com - Brendan Schneider
Customized alt text tags for posts is a fairly new development in Instagram. Alt text tags can’t be seen by the average Instagram user, but they can …
May 21, 2019
ClayReisler
Want to Start a Podcast or Livestream? Here's What You Need
WIRED - Parker Hall
Now is the time to create your own content. This gear can help you get great audio and video quality from the start. I'm a tall, nerdy, white man in …
Dec 20, 2020
ClayReisler
This Entrepreneur Hated PowerPoint So Much That She Invented Her Own Presentation Software
Inc Magazine - Burt Helm
With the Digideck, Sportsdigita founder Angelina Lawton created a media-rich sales tool used by pro sports organizations all over the world. Now she's seeking to corner a new market: the pitch-from-home...
Jun 15, 2020
Josh Allen
NIL Ready: Preparing Student-Athletes to Win in the New Era of Name, Image, and Likeness Rights | Part 1 | Opendorse
opendorse.com
To maximize NIL earning potential, student-athletes have to perform on social media. Learn how improving profiles and assessing performance can be …
May 19, 2020
ClayReisler
Apple's 'Instant Notes' Is a Must-Have on Your iPhone or iPad
Lifehacker - David Murphy
I’m terrible at taking notes, only because I don’t have one of those fancy Samsung smartphones that lets you draw your thoughts right on the lock …
Feb 27, 2020
Josh Allen
Facebook launches Creator Studio app which allows creators to manage page content on mobile devices - 9to5Mac
9to5Mac - Filipe Espósito
Facebook today announced the Creator Studio app for mobile devices, including iPhone and iPad. Publishers and creators will now be able to manage the content of their Facebook pages using the new app,...
Feb 20, 2020
Josh Allen
Opinion: It’s time to blow up your owned media strategy
Ad Age - Jeff Rosenblum.
Organic reach died years ago. Marketers just forgot to bury it. It all started when Mark Zuckerberg pulled one of the greatest bait-and-switches in …
Feb 7, 2020
Josh Allen
5 Ways to Use LinkedIn for Your School District - #SocialSchool4EDU
socialschool4edu.com
Create a business profile for your school This is different than a personal LinkedIn profile. I see many pages for school districts or HR departments …
Jan 20, 2020
Josh Allen
10 techniques for using IGTV in marketing and PR - PR Daily
prdaily.com - By Andre Oentoro
From tutorials to testimonials, videos on the Instagram spinoff can inform and engage your audience and raise brand awareness—accelerating sales in …
Feb 10, 2020
Josh Allen
Apple TV+ subscribers: More than Hulu and (for now) Disney+ - 9to5Mac
9to5Mac - Ben Lovejoy
Apple has been pretty coy about the number of Apple TV+ subscribers, but an analytics company cited by the Wall Street Journal puts the number for the last quarter of 2019 at 33.6 million. That’s more...
Jan 24, 2020
Josh Allen
Memes from the Principal's Office | Class Intercom
classintercom.com
How do we cut through the noise on social media? How do we get our parents, our community and our alumni to engage with us? While we see the viral …
Oct 14, 2019
Josh Allen
Vine successor Byte vows to fix its spam problem | Engadget
Engadget - Steve Dent
Creators are treating it like a gold rush by trying to gather followers. Vine replacement Byte already seems to be a success, gathering not only former Vine users but the TikTok crowd, too. With that has...
Jan 27, 2020
Josh Allen
Mobile
Tips to get your fancy camera off the shelf and start taking more pictures
Popular Science - Harry Guinness
You bought that camera, so you might as well use it. A lot of people have a new-ish DSLR or mirrorless camera just sitting in a drawer. It’s just that there’s really not a pressing need for one—most of...
Jan 23, 2020
Josh Allen
6 courses to bolster your comms credentials - PR Daily
prdaily.com - By Emily Gagnon
To rise and shine in the workplace—and add some spice to your résumé—complete these relevant certifications. It’s a new year. That means resolution …
Jan 22, 2020