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Curation Tools by Areas of Application. Social Media. Social Media Tools. Social Bookmarking. Social, Digital & Mobile Worldwide in 2014. The astonishing growth of all things digital continues to gather pace around the world, as We Are Social’s new Social, Digital & Mobile Worldwide report on the key social, digital and mobile stats from around the world demonstrates.

Social, Digital & Mobile Worldwide in 2014

It should come as little surprise that much of this growth is being fuelled by connected mobile devices, but this year’s data do reveal some interesting trends and anomalies, especially in relation to Japan and Korea. You’ll find the complete story in the SlideShare deck above, but we’ve pulled out some of the highlights below. Internet Adding up all the users in individual countries around the world, there appear to be around 2.5 billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population: click to enlarge While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative.

Click to enlarge. Social Networking. Pinterest and Feminism. On constructing a lesson plan to teach Pinterest and feminism I teach sociology; usually theoretical and centered on identity.

Pinterest and Feminism

I pepper in examples from social media to illustrate these issues because it is what I know and tends to stimulate class discussion. It struck me while reading arguments about Pinterest that we can use this “new thing” social media site to demonstrate some of the debates about women, technology and feminist theory. We can view Pinterest from “dominance feminist” and “difference feminist” perspectives to both highlight this major division within feminist theory as well as frame the debate about Pinterest itself.

Secondly, the story being told about Pinterest in general demonstrates the “othering” of women. 25 Social Media Channels You're Probably Not Using Now. Chances are your small business has used social media in one way or another.

25 Social Media Channels You're Probably Not Using Now

There are the big guns like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. And other familiar names like Instagram, Pinterest, and Vine. However, these are just a drop in the bucket when it comes to all of the social media channels out there. 40 Most Popular Social Networking Sites of the World. "Social networking" has been around forever.

40 Most Popular Social Networking Sites of the World

It's the simple act of expanding the number of people you know by meeting your friends' friends, their friends' friends and so on. In fact, many of us today use Twitter and Facebook to promote our existing and upcoming businesses. Topsy - Real-time search for the social web - CometBird. With iOS 9, Search lets you look for content from the web, your contacts, apps, nearby places, and more.

Topsy - Real-time search for the social web - CometBird

Powered by Siri, Search offers suggestions and updates results as you type. There are two ways to use Search on your iOS device. WhoTalking - RT Social Media Multi-Language Search. Torrent Search Engine. Mahalo.com. Online Search Tools - Miscellaneous Search Engines. Online Search Tools - Semantic Search. Online Search Tools - Image Retrieval/Search. Visual Search Results - visual output. Online Search Tools - Video. Sites Like - Find and share similar websites. The Ultimate List of Content Curation Tools and Platforms. 24 Metasearch Engines for Centralized & Efficient Searching - Search Engine Journal. Metasearch engines have risen up the web through the years and continue to grow in numbers, even in the current Google dominated search world.

24 Metasearch Engines for Centralized & Efficient Searching - Search Engine Journal

Companies who create their own versions of metasearch engines must have given up on trying to compete with Google and the other top search engines, and instead take advantage of the API’s and technologies available via the big three or four search technologies, integrating that data into one interface with a unique spin on ranking or listings formats. Here at the Journal, we’ve been featuring some of these metasearch engines; especially the new ones.

But we won’t be able to cover them all (although we try). So the best we could do is come up with a list of these metasearch engines, made up of metasearch startups and others have been around for quite some time now. It is not however a comprehensive list, as we know that there are still more out there. So.cl. CliqSearch. Scour - Search Socially. Worio Search. Twitter Search Engines. Twtrland - A Simple Way To Browse The Social Web. Elgg - Open Source Social Networking Engine. 48ers - Realtime Social Search. The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines. Written by Charles S.

The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines

Knight, SEO, and edited by Richard MacManus. The Top 100 is listed at the end of the analysis. Tagboard. Online Search Tools - People Search. Online Search Tools - Social Web. Online Search Tools - Deep Web Search. Online Search Tools : Meta Search. Online Search Tools - Mobile. 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links. Editor’s Note: This post was updated in October of 2016.

50+ Social Bookmarking Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links

Is social bookmarking still relevant in 2016? Read this updated post by Anna Crowe to learn more. The positive effects of social bookmarking for publishers of news sites, blogs, and other websites are outstanding. Instagram Marketing: How to Get Started With Instagram. Do you use Instagram for your business?

Instagram Marketing: How to Get Started With Instagram

Are you wondering how Instagram can help with your marketing? To learn how to get started with Instagram marketing, I interview Sue B. Zimmerman for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. 15 More Apps To Create Books On The iPad. Creating books on the iPad doesn’t seem like the first thing you might do with one of the popular little tablets, but it’s really quite capable of doing so provided you’re not trying to write the next great novel.

15 More Apps To Create Books On The iPad

We’ve written about 3 apps to reate books on the iPad in the past, but the following listly by Meg Wilson goes further, including 15 apps to do so. The artful collision of technology, learning, and literacy is an idea promoted in the Common Core Standards, which is likely your rule book if you teach K-12 in an American public school. This is a new age of literacy where students can read, research, write, publish, and socialize on the same device sitting right in their lap with a pinch-and-zoom elegance that somehow makes the whole process seem easier than it really is. And for those of you that rail against both Common Core and the iPad (but obviously not literacy), keep fighting the good fight. Ian Bean’s new software site. Ian’s new website is a must for all specialist schools and parents with complex needs children. Like this: Like Loading... Related. Maps & Cartography.

E-reputation Management. Aggregators. Digital curation tools. Documents, Infographics & Presentations. 15 More Apps To Create Books On The iPad. Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations, documents, infographics. ISSUU - You Publish. How To Create An App Library. Apps and books are more similar than they might seem. They each diffuse content, provide access to expertise, and allow the cataloging and consolidation of knowledge into accessible forms for learners to study. And while there are important differences—apps can be constantly refreshed new information, while a book is what it is the moment it is published—there are some lessons to be learned with how we collect and categorize books. They’ve moved into the world of formal didactic intent, with examples from Khan Academy, Learnist, Study Egg, and even TED talks moving from interesting bits of stuff to cohesive and logical learning sequences.

By adding questions, opportunities for students to revisit questions, social dynamics, and elements of progress tracking and gamification, the gap between a formal learning environment and an app is becoming increasingly narrow, thus the rise of mobile learning pushes and iPad popularity in the classroom. Starting Your Collection edshelf Collaboration. Professional PR, made easy - pr.co.

47 Core Teacher Apps: A Visual Library Of Apps For Teachers. The Year’s Best Social Media Tools for Journalists. It’s no surprise that social media are on the rise. For example, 59 percent of journalists across 15 countries use Twitter in 2013, compared to 47 percent last year, according to the Oriella Digital Journalism Study. The more that journalists use social media, the more tools pop up to help them search multiple platforms at once, showcase content in a new way, follow social media chatter by location and more.

Social Networks. WordPress.com: Create a free website or blog. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Educator Review. What's It Like? With Educreations Interactive Whiteboard, it's easy for students and teachers to create a multipage presentation or lesson that can easily be shared with other students, teachers, or parents. You begin creating a whiteboard-style slide by adding images from the choices in the drop-down menu, or by writing (choose a color and finger-write or type using the on-screen keypad). You can move around to resize images and text, as well as draw directly on the images, and there's no limit to the number of slides in a presentation.

There's also an option to record audio over the slides. 55 Best Free Apps. Finding apps isn’t difficult. Finding education apps is only a bit more challenging. Finding free education apps is also possible. Finding free education apps worth downloading is a different story entirely. The following is our list for the 55 best apps for learning we can find. Search Engine Marketing Blog.

Chris's blog posts: Silk - Organize your knowledge with overviews and visualizations. TeacherTube. International Journalism Network, Journalism Opportunities. Free scientific publications - FreeFullPDF. Online Project Management. BackLinks Genius achieve TOP rankings in search engines! Peak. eBooks-Gratuit. Add-ons for Firefox. LinkedIn Training: 21 Steps To The Perfect LinkedIn Profile. How to drive traffic to your LinkedIn profile. Drive Traffic to Your LinkedIn Profile There are many great reasons to join groups. Topsy - Instant social insight. Social Media search engines.

Internet of Everything. L'internet des objets. FriendFeed. Smart Professional Social Networks. World's Largest Professional Network. Great Classroom Tools. Top de Herramientas 2.0. Storify · Make the web tell a story. 4everproxy Network - Unblock Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and More. Google+ Best Social Platform For Content Marketers.

How To Hack Google Plus For SEO Value. People tend to think of Google Plus as just another social network, built as Google’s challenge to Facebook’s incredible growth over the past decade. What most people don’t realize, however, is the SEO value that makes Google+ so much more than just a social networking platform. How so? Managing Your Social Graph - Google+ [Google Plus]

Google+ Private Hangouts Can Be Recorded With YouTube. Find Out the Best Time to Post on Google+ Find Your Communities On Google+ Find People On Google+ - Google+ Directory. Group/As - Find People Grouped By Interest To Circle On Google+. 40 Google+ Tips & Tricks For Power Users. July 27, 2011, 8:24 AM — Google+ is all the rage right now. 40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies. Ok, so at this point, we are all newbies at Google Plus, right?

The Beginner's Guide to Google+ When Google+ entered the social space in 2011, it was met largely with skepticism. Joining a crowded field with platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, many users questioned the need for another social network. But roughly two years later, Google+ has established itself as the second-largest social media site in the world and boasts a monthly active user base of 235 million. Ultimate Guide to Google Plus. Pure Chat: Free Live Chat for Support and Sales Websites. Customer Service Software, Live Chat Software, Email Marketing Software. Velaro™ Live Chat Software: Live Help, Live Chat for Business Websites. Live Chat Software for Websites. Explore your community of interests. Add anything from anywhere. The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter. Twiducate - Social Networking & Media For Schools.

The Twitteraholic’s Ultimate Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter.