September 4-10 #oklaed News Brief

A list of scholarships, contests, grants, events and other important opportunities for educators.

Who would have ever thought that my father-in-law, who turns 88 tomorrow, would be googling his ailments on the Internet! I announce this with pride because his “new” wife (whom he married at the tender age of 80) mentioned a few years ago that “he may be old, but he is teachable.”

A collection of Oklahoma education-related news of the week.

I get it. Opening up social media sites on your district’s network can be scary and overwhelming, especially with the constant reports about online bullying and inappropriate communication between educators and students. But what is equally concerning to me is knowing that our students use unrestricted social media and other communication tools anyway, many without supervision, guidance and no understanding of their content’s ramifications.