As you’re no doubt aware, all major social media and networks, with the exception of Facebook (fingers crossed), are being blocked here on the Chinese mainland. I fully understand that I am a guest in the country and, as such, accept that there may be policies with which I disagree, particularly political ones. This post [...]
Sometimes trying to keep up with all the social media out there becomes labor-intensive. Take a deep breath. Leo Babauta at Mashable offers tips for aggregating networks and not becoming overwhelmed.
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I came across this excellent guide to social media from BusinessWeek via Mashable. Among the included articles are:
CEOs Who Use Twitter
Keeping Momentum in Social Media
Starting a Corporate Social Network. Don’t!
and nine other links
Great info. Check it out.
My interest in Twitter continues unabated. David Hopkins posts a nice slideshow highlighting Twitter’s usefulness and application to teaching.
Twitter in Education
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Mashable reports that last month’s unique visitors numbers indicate that Facebook and Twitter continue on their torrid growth pace, while MySpace continues to lose ground.
Facebook’s growth, both in terms of the number of users, as well as visitors, has to slow down one day. Well, it is slowing down now, but it’s still huge [...]
Tony Karrer investigates the Twitter phenomenon, particularly as it relates to learning and/or classroom application. I have to say, I’m finding it difficult to see how Twitter could be a major tool for learning in my classroom or personally, though it certainly can be a good tool for collaboration if used correctly. (As we cannot [...]
This is a related and important adjunct to my previous post, with a decidedly more upbeat edge. The inestimable Mashable again offers up timely counsel for elevating your profile in cyberspace. In this case, Dan Schawbel serves up five presence-promoting proposals for augmenting your online personality. His suggestions:
1. Polish your Google profile. Use the new [...]
A serious concern for those of us who spend quite a lot of time working and networking on the www is identity theft.Leah Betancourt from Mashable provides some sage suggestions as to how we can protect ourselves online. Articles on this topic almost always suggest that users establish a central hub such as a blog [...]
Jane Hart at Jane’s E-Learning Tip of the Day lists her compilation below of the top 10 e-tools for learners and top 10 e-tools for professionals (hat tip: David Hopkins at eLearning Blog//Don’t Waste Your Time).
Top 10 Tools for Learners
The current Top 10 list of tools for learners, based on contribution of 47 Learners AS [...]
So the UK’s Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, assures a teachers’ group the the recent revamping of the national curriculum will not forgo inspiring the nation’s children with a strong dose of history so that it can include skills related to Twitter and other social media. Well, isn’t that special!
First [...]
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