Tag Archives: Social network

Secure Your Social Identity Across All Sites with NameChk.com

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ted Curran

If you are trying to create a branded online identity, it helps to have a consistent username across all of the major sites. With NameChk.com, you can search once and see if your favorite username is available on 159 different … Continue reading →

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"The Commons": The Importance of Talking Out of Turn

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ted Curran

(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”).  One essential part of human communities has always been a central meeting place– a location where the community comes to engage in conversations that are bigger than one-on-one … Continue reading →

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"Idea Catching": Tools to Unite your "Inspiration" Mind and your "Perspiration" Mind

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by Tiago Daniel via Flickr “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!“ -Thomas Alva Edison “I discovered the meaning of life but I forgot to write it down.“ -Hugh Gallagher You know those times when you are struck with … Continue reading →

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Is it OK to have student friends on Facebook? What do you think?

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by dan taylor via Flickr What follows is an account of how I amassed a coterie of past and present students as friends on my social networks. I share this in the attempt to find out where other teachers … Continue reading →

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