30 Twitter Tools By Function

Do you know all about Twitter? **I usually post this type of article on weekends, since I know how busy we all  are!   Besides, it’s finally summer here.    ** So who has time for 30 tools? Scan the list to find which ones you want to try.  Check out this great site. Then go for [...]

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24 Impressive Blog Plugins

Audio player, Viper Video, Calendar, WP Mobile, Tools, Widgets…   There are so many great  tips and tricks for bloggers here! Some are free (we all like free, right?), and some are not. # 20 is very important. This author includes her readers’ comments for you, as well. You may need a good chunk of [...]

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5 Strategies To Use Against Cyberbullying

 Cyberbullying does exist . Beware! How do you prepare children and teens for the ubiquitous cyber world, better known as cyberspace? You want them to be safe, while surfing the net. You want them to avoid the pitfalls and dangers which quietly lurk there.         You need to teach them now!        Here is a timely [...]

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2010 State of the Blogosphere

Social Media is exploding exponentially!      It is changing our lives dramatically, in business and in our personal lives. People are social animals. They like to broadcast their lives for the world to see, hence the rise of the Blogosphere.       Children may have  digital personas, even before they are born. Case in point: Mothers might post ultrasound [...]

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Top 2010 User Friendly Interfaces

Quora, Hipmunk, SeeismicDesktop2,Flipboard…   Quora is pretty easy to use! I have signed up for that one.  I like the use of higher questioning  and thinking skills, by ordinary (& some not so ordinary) people.  :-)  It makes me feel that there are still some amazing  thinkers out there; like the TED series.      It’s not true, that [...]

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8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education

 Social Media, Global Learning, Probes, Multimedia, Virtual Manipulatives are all here!     Collaboration is all the rage these days. Students love to collaborate using the latest technological advances, in applications like Google Docs, and Wikis. Groups are set up, which have unique cloudspace data storage, and communication capabilities.      Security is obviously a concern here.      [...]

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7 WordPress Plugins Worth Knowing

Sharebar, Google XML, Aweber , Most Popular Posts & more!         Neil Patel  (Tech Crunch advisor) writes this very informative article about some great WordPress  plugins worth knowing.  He doesn’t claim to know all the 1,000′s of WordPress plugins, but he does recommend these 7. All of them are designed to increase traffic to your blog.  Check [...]

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11 Twitter & SM Tools To Try In 2011

Twoolr, MentionMap, TouchGraph (forFB), … Adam Vincenzini has,as usual, has compiled a great collection of tools for you to try. Be sure to try #’s 10 and 11! Really cool stuff! Here comes the future! Have a great weekend. Soon it will be Christmas. I can’t believe it is nearly 2011 ! http://bit.ly/cXOMoG    Credit: [...]

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E-Books: Love em or hate em?

 The New York Times To Launch Best Seller E-Books List in 2011     E-books are virtually “flying off the shelves” .     Books and magazines are so easy & lightweight, to transport, in your digital e-reader, like the Kindle, or on your mobile phone, using the appropriate apps.   Mobile is the new wave . Get ready [...]

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Social Media Playbook

Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, Friendfeed,Twitter, YouTube…                                          Play by the rules!         This extensive playbook pdf really delves into the do’s and don’ts of social media. It is great for both business and personal use. Try it.      Hints: 1)Gracious social media interaction will win you a lot of respect. 2)Give credit, where [...]

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