Social Media Bridges Gap Between School & Home
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 09:18 CDT
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite standards set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act, a recent Associated Press poll found that half of Americans think that schools do a fair to poor job preparing students for college and the workforce. According to the U.S. Department of Education, learning improves when teachers increase communication - and social media may present an ideal method to bridge that communication gap.
Web 2.0 has long been used by students, but now teachers are turning to social media to bridge the communication gap. Following the success of websites like Facebook, where users freely share information, a similar breed of services is gaining traction for teachers, students, and parents to collaborate outside the classroom.
"School administrators are starting to realize the tremendous potential of social media in the classroom," said Artia Moghbel, founder and CEO of SchoolRack, recently voted one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek Magazine. With limited money to spend on technology, schools are turning to free services like SchoolRack.com, which offer free online tools that private companies charge thousands of dollars for.
With SchoolRack's new service launched last week, teachers connect with students by sharing information and documents, posting grades and assignments, and holding discussions online. Parents ally with teachers by checking class assignments and grades in real-time, holding students more accountable for work outside the classroom.
Solutions like SchoolRack are designed to increase student-teacher interaction and include parents in their child's education. The result has proven successful and continues to draw a crowd of users. "The number of registered users at SchoolRack more than tripled this past school year," said Moghbel, adding that they expect even stronger growth this coming school year.
SchoolRack, LLC is the leading provider of social media tools for the education market. Founded in 2003, SchoolRack supports millions of educators, students, and parents worldwide. The latest release of SchoolRack incorporates many powerful new features, and also offers a new optional paid service that allows teachers to store more information than ever before. For more information, contact Artia Moghbel (artia@schoolrack.com), or Greg Zairis (greg@schoolrack.com), or visit SchoolRack at http://www.schoolrack.com.
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