Social Media Furthering the Cause

Two social medias types that I would use to further communicate policy issues on universal Pre-Kindergarten in Charles County, Maryland are Facebook and Blogger.

1.  Facebook was established ten years ago as a place for collegiate students to form relationships. Since its inception, Facebook has expanded their membership to all walks of life throughout the world.  Facebook has been credited for the uprising against the Egyptian's Mubarak government in January 2011 uprising.  Bel Trew explained that during that time, "'It also acted as an alternative to traditional Egyptian media.Citizen journalism really exploded in 2011 and Facebook and Twitter were one of those ways, well two of those ways, that people were able to get information out there to the rest of the world because their own media wasn't helping'"(Anonymous, 2014, para. 8).  Facebook changed history in Egypt and has the potential to change early childhood policies.  Facebook allows users to organize interest and advocacy groups where anyone who belongs to the site can join.  In these groups, site administrators and group members can post information about universal preschool including articles and blogs. One of the challenges in using Facebook would be group members may not agree with your view or the process that you desire to implement universal Pre-Kindergarten in Charles County, Maryland. Group members may post their views on the topic which may distract from the common goal. In order to lessen these types of incidents, security settings would need to be adjusted to benefit the cause.  
2. Blogger  is a free blog site where individuals can set-up a blog where readers can respond to their blog and share their insights. In blogger, one can subscribe to your feeds and receive notifications whenever a new entry is published. One of the challenges with using a blog would be publicizing its existence beyond colleagues and friends.  In order to promote their blog, one can place the link onto other social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. 

References:
 
Anonymous (2014, Feb 06). Egypt: In egypt, facebook serves as tool for government, opponents. Asia News Monitor Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1494521573?accountid=14872