On January 13 Public Relations students, professionals and educators gathered together on twitter to discuss social media in the classroom and the educator’s role. Keeping the topic of "Celebrate the PR Educator" in mind, community members considered the benefits of social media in an academic setting and ways to monitor and grade student activity. Questions such as “Does social media in the classroom require a textbook?” and “Is a backchannel/ live tweeting helpful or disruptive in the classroom?” spurred answers from each end of the spectrum....
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba
