Social Media and the use of technology are no longer silos apart from regular activities, and now affect personal lives and careers from rural areas to cities, from doctors to small businesses - as a result, many universities and and schools in New Hampshire currently are searching to find the best methods to introduce them into curriculum. 

Social Media Club nationally has initiated the Social Media Club Education Connection to share best practices, host weekly discussions on the issue, and work directly with educational institutions to meet this need, and now we seek to share these with our own New Hampshire communities. 

In this spirit, our next event, "NH Education & Digital Innovation: Bridging the Divide", seeks to bring together the community of educators, policymakers and others with an interest in working towards innovating our classrooms to prepare students for the reality waiting for them after the gap and gown gets shelved.

In order to focus our efforts on "less podium and more participation," no formal speakers will be announced - the thoughts, ideas, concerns and solutions will come from you as we work in collaborative teams, share our experiences, and work towards developing policies that will ensure the continued quality of New Hampshire education. 

To instigate some ideas check out a recent blog post on Social Media in Higher Education from our own local @BoucherMedia (Jason Boucher).

Agenda:

6:00- 6:30: Meet, greet and network

6:30-7:30: Collaborative work sessions focusing on curriculum, policy development and other issues

7:30-8:00: Teams report their findings to the group

8:00: After-party at the Press Room for followup discussion

If you are a business who is interested in sponsoring light food or beverages, please let us know at socialmediaclub.nh (at) gmail.com. Also, if you are a venue that can fit at least 80 seated participants and are interested in hosting an upcoming event, please contact us at the same address. 

See you there!