All Blog Posts Tagged 'twitter' (15)

We live in a time of social networking. Everyone is trying to increase their friends, connections, or expand their community with more followers. I agree being connected is extremely important at this time. Knowing what people are reading, what the trends are in your field, finding out about new initiatives; however, is there ever too much?



How productive can we be if we are forever tweeting, posting or responding? If we fail to give input do we become irrelevant? I am the queen of…

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We live in a time of social networking. Everyone is trying to increase their friends, connections, or expand their community with more followers. I agree being connected is extremely important at this time. Knowing what people are reading, what the trends are in your field, finding out about new initiatives; however, is there ever too much?



How productive can we be if we are forever tweeting, posting or responding? If we fail to give input do we become irrelevant? I am the queen of…

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A few weeks ago, I had an incredible opportunity, that, while very much a ‘real world’ experience, had as much to do with the online world of social media connections as it did face to face…

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What is all the noise about?

 

So, a cloud used to be the thing in the sky that blocked the sun and sprinkled rain on us, ie nimbus, cumulus, etc.  Now it is the amorphous “place” where our data and applications are stored…it is accessible from anywhere and everywhere…though we have not idea where that actually is.

 

Tweet, tweet…used to be the sounds a bird made on a sunny, spring afternoon.  Now it is thousands of short messages…

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The use of social networking media is ever-growing. Just click on the following link to see how it is being used in a Republican Presidential candidate debate http://mashable.com/2011/06/13/cnn-gop-debate-social-media/



I find the use of Twitter as a social networking site to be fascinating. In our times as the “disposable generation”, I find this tool to be most appropriate. When we move from one thing t the… Continue

Right now, over 10,000 delegates are gathered in Washington, DC, for the annual AIPAC Policy Conference. This event, hosted by the primary Pro-Israel lobby in the United States, brings together the movers and shakers from the American Jewish community for three days of intense discussions and presentations by major political leaders. On Sunday, President Obama addressed the conference, and tonight, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be speaking to the group. While I did not have the…

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Given the recent conversations here regarding Twitter, I thought you might be interested in the following article - and response (and response to the response);

The Twitter Trap by Bill Keller

This is Your Brain on Twitter post by Nick Bilton, with response by Bill Keller

 

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The world of Twiter seems fascinating at first glance. It allows users to post or blog about anything in a short and concise manner. People can stay connected to what interests them and be constantly updated about that topic or person. You can then often click on a link for more information about that tweet.



However, one can use the social networking agent to post about what you had for breakfast. This article written by Joe Posnanski points out that athletes use this to tell their… Continue

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As I reflect on the Jewish Educators Assembly conference that just ended, the lyrics of an old song pops into my head: “There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” It’s not that we’re clueless when it comes to us knowing what Jewish education will look like in the future; it’s just that we’re not sure in what direction we’ll be traveling.



So…maybe we are a little clueless after all.



Let me back up for a moment. The close to 200 participants at the… Continue

Whether you tweet or not, every educator should be following the twitter hashtag EdTech. If you are new to twitter, a hash tag or # is the way people post their messages or "tweets" to a group. In twitter you have followers who get each and every single tweet of yours. However, with a hashtag your tweets go to anyone, not only your followers, who follow that hashtag. For a beginners guide to twitter click here to… Continue