To get school leaders' take on the issue, Eye on Education asked a panel of administrators to respond to the following questions:

1)  How do you currently use social media in your school?
2)  What tips would you give to other school leaders looking to apply social media tools to their school communities?

Teresa Tulipana
Principal, Renner Elementary School, Kansas City, MO

At Renner Elementary we embrace social media as a communication tool. Facebook and Twitter accounts keep families abreast of school events and happenings. Though at first we envisioned them as systems to provide calendar reminders, we found that Facebook is also a great tool for sharing our school’s academic and behavioral focus areas in an efficient, fun and engaging manner....