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Finding the right Ning alternative – does it exist?
Last week was extremely busy, and a combination of successes and failures. I’ve been grappling for awhile now with what to do as an alternative to Ning. We’ve paid for a few networks in the school to be mini networks, … Continue reading
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Real time search – Google launch today
Just last night I wrote about why a company like Google would be interested in the real time search offered by services like Twitter. Today they launched just that. Now when you receive search results, at the top of your … Continue reading
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The Tweet, the search, the hashtag and the backchannel
My relationship with Twitter is evolving. It’s maturing into an incredible networking and search tool. (Or maybe it’s always been that, and I am the one maturing!) I suspect the majority of the population know nothing of the potential it … Continue reading
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The tweet that led to Mirka Mora: Part two.
Last week I wrote about sending out a tweet on twitter asking if anyone had a connection to Mirka Mora, as my daughter and her friends were doing a project about her and would love to get the opportunity to interview her. … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
I love this. It was made by Roving enterprises who produce Rove, a TV talk show made here in Melbourne. The final line says it all; ‘for people who have too much time on their hands….’ Of course, I disagree … Continue reading
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The tweet that led to Mirka Mora.
On Tuesday evening I put out a tweet on Twitter asking if anyone had a connection to Mirka Mora. My daughter was doing a project based on her life and she would have loved to get the opportunity to interview her. Lauren … Continue reading
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Death of RSS?
I’ve heard mentioned in a few forums recently about the ‘Death of RSS’. I’ve been thinking about it a bit recently myself. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m referring to people no longer having … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Jeff Goldblum I felt it only appropriate to use The Colbert Report‘s, Jeff Goldblum will be missed … Continue reading
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Digital literacy lessons for all- me included! Glad you’re alive and well Jeff!
I woke today to the news that Michael Jackson was in hospital and it was suspected that he had died. I didn’t go to my computer, just followed the mainstream media on Channel Nine here in Melbourne for awhile. Eventually … Continue reading
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Twitter Search in Plain English
The Lefevers are at it again. This time it’s ‘Twitter Search in Plain English’ . It’s a very useful explanation of how you would use Twitter to gain insight about news and trending topics. Especially useful for educators. This is … Continue reading
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