level of the school bus industry. Tey expressed interest in a site that could tailor to their needs of interacting with others not only on maintenance issues but also on special education, safety and security, legal issues, operations management, Head Start, and so on. Now, instead of just a landing page for tips and
tricks in the shop, the forum allows the entire school transportation community to communicate with each other via group discussions to tackle issues that are constantly coming up in their respective operations. Users can create profile pages, upload photos and vid- eos, start or join discussions, and network with friends and business associates or make new ones. STNSOCiAL is designed to be a online clearinghouse, forum and home page for industry interaction. “TechNet” is the industry group where technicians can gather to share tips, discuss hot topics and network. For Billingsley, encompassing all aspects of pupil
transportation with what’s going on in the school bus garage increases the ability to share knowledge in an organized and readily searchable manner. “Te efficiencies this should create will help save money
and create a safer fleet. Ultimately the users will determine the evolution of an industry specific social media. In this manner, everyone involved will shape the media into the format that best fits to share, store and search information that will benefit their fleet operations,” added Billingsley. Get involved at
www.stnonline.com/social.
A WORLD WIDE WEB OF POSSIBILITIES Technicians were the driving force behind the creation
of STNSOCiAL, but additional opportunities exist online when it comes to training, especially when maintaining school buses. Sites such as YouTube offer a number of dif- ferent options. Just by typing in “school bus repair” you can find close to 150 videos, let alone what you might find
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