Social Networking

Twitter.com/WorldCup
The Facebook Guide to the World Cup
FacePinch.com/world-cup

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Want to see what someone’s (maybe your own) ’social networking profile’ is? You may want to try Flowtown.com. That’s what private investigator’s use.
Turn an Email Address into a Social Profile. / Flowtown / Flowtown

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Did you know that Google shows Twitter ‘Tweets’ under ‘Updates’ and will soon show searches from Facebook?  How much do you really want to share?  With friends?  With the world?
KimKomando.com says,
‘Facebook has long been known for its excellent
privacy tools. But it recently made changes that expose more of your
information. Search sites can find your [...]

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Here are a few shortcuts I’ve learned:

mhm = means ‘yes’
l8r = means ‘later’
tnx = means ‘thanks’
lol = means ‘laugh out loud’
btw = means ‘ by the way
ttyl = means ‘talk to you later’
sys = means ’see you soon’
lmk = means ‘let me know’
ryb = means ‘read your book’ or ‘read your Bible’
b/f = means ‘boyfriend’
ttus [...]

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An article on InsideHigherEd.com entitled, ‘Text Generation‘,  got me started thinking about texting and communicating with students.   Personally, I don’t think in most cases the students should have a teacher’s cell phone number.  However, I think it would be interesting to provide texting options with the ‘library and specificially the ‘reference librarian’ as in the [...]

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‘AASL is promoting two resource lists, each honoring Internet web sites that enhance learning and curriculum development. Developed by an AASL task force, the sites are all free and user friendly.
The Top 25 Web sites for Teaching and Learning focuses on websites that foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboratin.            [...]

Continue Reading Best Websites for Teaching and Learning from American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

I was watching the South Carolina* Gamecocks play the Florida Gators and noticed a player with a nice name on the back of his jersey, ‘Integrity’.   I thought, now that is a name to live up to!   Then I noticed another whose jersey said, ‘Courage’.   I thought, ‘Huh,  that is odd!’   Now I was curious [...]

Continue Reading A nice tribute to the military…

AASL (American Association of School Librarians) published a list of ‘Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning’.  This list contains an interesting variety of Websites with a brief introduction for each.  The sites were chosen because they ‘foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are [...]

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Animoto.com offers a quick and simple solution to creating short videos.   You can use the photos/images on the Website or upload your own.  Use the music on Animoto or upload your own.   It is THAT easy!   The only difficult part is waiting a few moments to see your creative work.  Creating 30 second videos is [...]

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Not surprisingly, KimKomando.com introduced me to another great resource!  Tabbloid.com EASILY lets you create a ‘pdf’ magazine from your favorite RSS feeds and have it delivered whenever and how often you want it.  Check it out!  www.tabbloid.com

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