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October 22, 2012

New Adventures in Social Media

Dear readers: I’m trying to expand my social media horizons because, well, I live in the 21st century, and all that jazz. So I’m polishing up some old accounts and experimenting with some new ones, and it’s turning out to be a lot of fun, so I just might keep it up, especially if you Continue reading

blogging, edublogs, education, personal, society, technology

Alltop, Facebook, Online Communities, social media, Social network, Tumblr, Twitter
December 8, 2011

Unfriendly Grammar: A Reply

On Monday, I published a letter from S, who feels the urge to delete friends from her social networks when they write updates full of grammatical errors. You had lots of interesting responses. Here’s mine. Dear S, I sympathize. I really do. But I can’t commiserate, I’m afraid. I’ve had to work too hard to Continue reading

education, literacy, society, technology, writing

communication, friends, grammar, social media
May 4, 2011

Social Media in the Classroom

Rebecca Coleman, Canadian arts marketing expert and blogger, is asking a very interesting question at her blog today: “Social media: a distraction or an enhancement in the classroom?” She describes such phenomena as participating in two classes at once by attending one and following the Twitter stream of another, and sharing what she learns at Continue reading

classroom management, education, learning, teaching, technology

classroom, computers, digital, education, electronics, learning, social media, society, teaching, technology

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