Social Media @ the Academy

Technology @ the Academy

• Security• WiFi expansion• New laptops for faculty• Piloting iPads• Server Upgrades• Bandwidth (October 2011)

Demographics from Quantcast.com

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@ School

What does the Academy do to help students understand social media and use it appropriately?

• Acceptable Use Policy• Opening of School• Convocations/Advisor System• Dorm Parents• Faculty

“Cell Phones”

“We tend to think of these devices as “telephones” — used to make voice calls — but our research has shown that more than half of teenagers use these devices to make voice calls only 20 percent of the time or less.” (New York Times 1/18/11)

Dr. Elizabeth EnglanderDirector of MARChttp://webhost.bridgew.edu/marc/

@ Parents

Conversations• It’s not private if you are sharing it with 700+ Friends• Permanence• Liability

Filtering• OpenDNS: http://www.opendns.com/solutions/overview/ • K9: http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

Monitoring• McGruff: http://www.gomcgruff.com/m/index.asp