[教育报道]社交媒体带给学校的变化

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1、［教育报道］社交媒体带给学校的变化FromVOAlearningEnglish,thisistheeducationreportinspecialEnglish・Intheolddays,whenschoolswantedtocommunicatewithparents,theysentaletterhome.Now,inadditiontoemail,schoolsandparentscanconnectthroughsocialmedialikeTwitter,Facebook,TumblrandSkype.TheHoustonTnd

2、ependentSchoolDistrictinTexashasmorethemtwohundredthousandstudents.Mostofthemcomefromlower-incomefamilies.EducationWeekrecentlyreportedonadigitalliteracytrainingprogramthatthedistricthasjuststartedforparents.TheschooldistrictwithhelpfromMicrosofthasestablishedcomputertrai

3、ningcentersforparentsatfiveofitscampuses.OtherschoolsaroundthecountryarealsoincreasingtheirdigitalservicesandnotjustinEnglish.ManyschoolsprovideinformationinSpanishandotherlanguages.Freeonlinetranslationsitescanalsohelpparentsstayinformedabouttheirchi1dren，seducation.Some

4、schoolsystemsalsogiveparentsonlineaccesstotheirchildrerfsgradesemdschoolwork.SixhundredstudentsattendKnappElementarySchoolnearPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.PrincipalJoeMazzasaysalmostoneinfivestudentscamefromBangladeshandtwelvepercentfromSouthKorea.Theschooldiversityisclearas

5、soonasvisitorsenterthebui1ding.“Soifyouarcwalkinginourschoollobby,youarcgoingtoseeEnglish,Bengali,Korean,SpanishandalloftheFinnishintheschool.Nowwefeellikeawelcoming,bright,informative,child-centeredlobbyreallyhelpsparentsfeelwelcomed,honoredandrespected.”JoeMazzahasbeenK

6、napp'sprincipalsincetwothousandandseven.Hesaysthemostimportantwaythattheschoolgetstoknowparentsisinface-to-facemeetings.Butunderhisguidance,Knapphasaddedsocialnetworkingtoolstomeettheneedsoftheschoolcommunity.uSocialmediaisprovidinguswithmanynewandreallyfreewaystoconnectw

7、ithparents.”TheschoolusesresourceslikeTwitter,e-newslettersandSkype.TeacherscantalktoparentsoverSkype,iftheparentscannotattendaconferenceinperson.School-widemeetingsforparentsarealsobroadcastonline.“That‘sbeenabigpiecetohelpotherfamilythatunabletogetherewhethertheydon"tha

8、veacar,theydon"thaveababysitter,theycantunein,almostliketheirowncustomizedwebinar.“Schoolstaffme