Deep Dive: Statuses
Why did we add Statuses to Bloom’s Network? We have implemented features into Bloom’s Network that we do not think you will find anywhere else. However, to optimise the positive impact our website can have on teachers, the decision was made to port similar functionality from existing social media websites. One of these is the status feed. As with everything else, the Statuses feed has been tailored to the teaching community in an attempt to provide a one-stop solution for teachers to use in their everyday lives. What is the Statuses feature? That Statuses feature is made up of two components: writing a post to the wider teaching community and writing one specifically to teachers at your school. Communicating With The Wider Teaching Community It is evident from our research that the ability to post a status to the teaching community as a whole, to get a wide variety of opinions, is highly desired. There are a large number of groups on Facebook that have been created for this very reaso...