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You can see the recording of the April Digital Meet-Up below, or click here to view directly on YouTube. (Until the edits kick in, the video starts at 1:17.) You can also click here to see notes from the session, including links to resources.

April's Digital Meet-Up will focus on integrating social media projects into your Mouse Squad's work!

This Meet-Up will be led by K.C. Boyd, the Coordinator for the Phillips Mouse Squad at Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Chicago. K.C. has pioneered some great social media projects at Phillips, from the @PhillipsHSBTP Twitter feed, which features school announcements and national news curated by her Behind the Paws student media team, to student-populated Pinterest boards on topics including women's history and Phillips-related news.

Do you have experience using social media with your Mouse Squad, or planning student projects around social media? We hope you'll join us and add to the conversation!

Details for the April 8th Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Up

• WHEN: The live meet-up will be held at 5pm EST on Tuesday, April 8th.
• HOW DO I JOIN?: This meet-up will be held over Google On-Air. Fill out the short registration form below, and you'll get an email shortly before the meet-up begins with a link to join via your Google+ account.
• WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE A GOOGLE PLUS ACCOUNT? You can create one here, or you can come back to this post and the YouTube livestream will be embedded above (you just won't be able to join the conversation). Please fill out the registration form below to get a reminder email before we begin.
• WHAT ELSE? If you can't join us during the meet-up you'll be able to watch a recording later on YouTube. This post will be updated with the link to the recording after it's over.

Remind me--what's a Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Up?

Starting in Fall 2013, Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Ups will be held most months during the school year. At each Meet-Up, you'll have the chance to hear a featured Mouse Squad Coordinator and their students talk about the work they're doing, how they run their Squad, and the best practices they've uncovered for tackling great projects at their site. Many meet-ups will also feature a focused discussion on a theme of general interest, either tied directly to Mouse Squad or related more generally to tech-ed, public education, digital media, etc.

For new Mouse Squad Coordinators, these meet-ups will be a great opportunity to hear from experienced Coordinators and begin to plan for your new Squad. For both new and experienced Coordinators, we hope that these meet-ups will be a forum for you to network with colleagues across the country, collect new project ideas, troubleshoot challenges in your Squad, and more.

Click here to see Wire posts that include recordings of past Meet-Ups.