Again: Relevance, why Twitter? SmartBlogs
Twitter has been a topic for educational bloggers for several years now. I believe that those educators using Twitter are drawn to those posts, while other educators, not using Twitter, are driven away. Maybe the problem is the emphasis or focus of the blog posts. Maybe the focus should be on relevance and not mention of Twitter. Are educators relevant in our technology-driven society?
Five key elements to managing your online brand reputation
Five key elements to managing your online brand reputation As more and more of us realise the importance of developing an online strategy, an obvious question pops up: Where to start? And as with any business strategy processes, it’s important to get a clear idea of where you are, where you want to go and how you intend getting there.
12 Keys to Success on Twitter
Twitter was never designed to be a social network but it has become one. In fact it was designed initially in 2006 to used by individuals as an SMS type service to communicate with a small group at the podcasting company Odeo. When I first joined Twitter in 2008, I was underwhelmed and wondered as to its usefulness.
10 Insights on Social Media and Blogging Influence: New Research
Blogging started as personal online diaries, Twitter popped up first as an internal podcasting platform and Facebook was born out of a frustrated date. The journey of online publishing and social networks was never a grand plan but it is the evolution of humans playing on a web canvas that continues to surprise us with its speed, reach and role in influencing buying decisions, building trust and marketing personal and business brands. A decade later the internet landscape is unrecognizable. We are all still learning about what works and what doesn’t. A recent report on “Digital Influence” by Technorati Media provides some insights into the fast evolving landscape that provides some metrics on the digital landscape.
Twitter Introduces Lead Generation 'Cards' to Collect Leads From Tweets
Hold on to your hats, marketers, because we’ve got some exciting news that’s going to transform the way you use Twitter Ads. A little background first: back in June, Twitter rolled out Twitter Cards, their name for the multimedia you sometimes see in expanded tweets on Twitter.com, Android, and iOS applications. Fast forward to today: Twitter released the Lead Generation Card, a new type of Twitter Card that will allow marketers to collect leads directly within the tweet. Users don’t even have to fill out a form -- their information (Name, email, and username) is already pulled into the card. They literally just have to hit "Submit" on the Card's call-to-action. The Lead Generation Card is exclusively available as a feature of Promoted Tweets (a paid feature of Twitter Ads).
24 Ed Tech Terms That All Educators Should Know Always Prepped Blog
1. 1:1 Technology. Providing every student with a labtop or tablet to make learning more individualized, increase independence, and extend academics beyond the classroom. 2. Adaptive Learning.
Success through Solving Problems
The choices to become successful are relatively simple. Successful people do something – anything – even if the options aren’t the greatest. They get hurt, they fail, they pick themselves up and say, “That really sucked.” Then they do something about it. They make a choice.
How To Be Contagious on Twitter
Social media is going through a transition period as some social networks struggle to survive and others grow so fast it makes your nose bleed. Google+ has stirred the pot and is acquiring new customers as quickly as an umbrella shop during a rain storm. Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook is facing saturation point in developed countries with adoption in the US now over 90% and growth rates slowing, but in developing countries Facebook continues to grow at significant rates. Twitter the Enigma Twitter is still an enigma and if you talk to a college class and ask them how many are on Twitter and what Twitter is about you will see barely a hand raised and stunned silence. Despite this lack of adoption by the younger generation Twitter goes quietly about its simple 140 character business while still keeping its 200 million users happy and keeping its brand top of mind in the media by breaking news stories almost every day on its platform in real time.
Using Twitter for Teachers' Professional Development
I am actually engaged in an extensive review of the literature written on the use of Twitter as a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ).Twitter is the core topic of my MAEd thesis and I am trying to approach it from different perspectives : academic, social, and even personal ( for professional development ). Academically speaking, papers investigating the use of Twitter in the world of academia are still scarce and the empirical research done in this field is still very limited. From time to time I feature some of the resources I am actually reading and which I know will be of great interest to my readers here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.For instance, today I am sharing with you a treasure trove ( I really mean it ) of Twitter lists to subscribe with and follow to stay updated about the latest news, resources, links, researches, and many more according to your area of interest.
Five-Minute Film Festival: Best Education Parodies of 2012
The end is near! The end of 2012, that is -- and the retrospectives are plentiful, from Google's tear-inducing annual Zeitgeist video to lists upon lists of the best books, movies, and music. YouTube went all out for its year-end celebration -- with the YouTube Rewind channel, featuring the most popular videos of 2012, an interactive timeline, and "Rewind YouTube Style," a video with YouTube's most viral stars parodying themselves. Meta-mashup bliss?
