Tag Archives: Twitter
Sometimes, Twitter raises my stress levels
One thing I’ve noticed during this holiday break, is that increased access to Twitter is raising my stress levels. Why, I hear you asking? During the working week, my exposure to Twitter is infrequent. I read and share when I … Continue reading
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How many networks can a regular person maintain?
I think I fall into the category of regular person. Married, two kids, full time job. So, as a regular person, just how many social networks can I maintain? In my case, not many. In fact, I’d say I can … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
I love this University Professor’s Halloween joke with his class, and I agree with the comment appearing under this video on YouTube, “…if every teacher was like you there will be better students. Continue like that, maybe that will inspire … Continue reading
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Helping students with current issues research
One of the things I really do appreciate in my school is the willingness of our English teachers to recognise the skill set of Teacher-Librarians. Over the last few weeks my staff and I have worked closely with Year 11 … Continue reading
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Network glue
A discussion I had recently keeps nagging at me. I was speaking with someone, about how people like me work pretty tirelessly to provide useful information to educators through networks like Twitter. And I wasn’t just meaning me, I was … Continue reading
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CPL workshop – all systems go!
A couple of years ago, I would speak at staff meetings and I could see eyes raising and people looking at one another with that, ‘here she goes again’, body language happening. Experiences like that have made me wary of … Continue reading
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Updated visual representation of Online Communities from xkcd
In the Northern Spring of 2007, Randall Munroe from xkcd created the following map to represent the real estate value of online communities; Interestingly, they created a new one in October of this year that looks like this; You can … Continue reading
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Keeping in touch, the Words with Friends way.
I do love my iPhone. It’s changed the way I interact with the Web. I like the fact that I can easily check my work email and personal gmail accounts easily, and I can check in with Twitter via either … Continue reading
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