Since the rise of tools like Facebook and Twitter in the mid‐2000s, there have always been alternatives to the big social networks. Back then, most of the alternatives were me‐too products trying to achieve the same fame and fortune as Twitter a...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/19/social-media-proganda-manipulating-public-opinion-bots-accounts-facebook-twitter
In the article above, we see how bad actors are gaming the algorithms of Facebook and Twitter to spread disinformation. We have seen how the proliferation of fake new...
With the news that Google Apps for Education will be integrated with Google+ in a few days, it’s time to start thinking about how social media and collaboration can be a reality for schools. Many universities and K‑12 schools have already adopted Google Apps for Education because of its powerfu...
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 social media sites.
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This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to use, I want to talk about why you would do this in the first place.…
This is a photo of my high school math teacher, Coach John Wa...
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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 draw the line between their offline and online selves. Would you friend stude...