Daily Archives: July 7, 2010

How To View Which Cities Are Tweeting The Most

Ever wonder if the people in Madrid are as excited about something as the people in New York City? What about the people in Oslo, Tokyo, Munich, and the other big cities of the world? Thanks to the new Tweet-o-Meter, you can see just how …

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How To Get Any Education Question Answered

We just stumbled across a great resource that is part wiki-part search portal-part community. It’s called ChaCha and is similar to Yahoo! Answers. One of the more interesting areas (and most active) is the education area. There are currently more than one MILLION questions answered …

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Shocking Stats Show Just How Addictive Facebook Is

A new study from Oxygen Media and Lightspeed Research asked 1,605 adults in the US how they use social media. Their findings? Despite knowing the privacy risks and immortality of online information, we’re obsessed. The Craziest Stats The research found that 40% of those surveyed …

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The 30 Newest Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom

If you’re like us, you want to stay current on the newest and most effective ways to incorporate social media into the classroom. Social media and Web 2.0 technology is not meant to replace teaching; it’s meant to be a tool with which to teach …

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5 New Diigo Features You Should Know About

Like the rest of the academic world, we’re big fans of the social bookmarking tool Diigo. The site allows you to easily save, share, and embed your favorite parts of the Internet pretty much anywhere. What’s so great about Diigo is that it not only …

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How Do You Sign In To Websites?

From teachers to students, signing into websites is something everyone must do if they browse the web with any frequency at all. You may have noticed that Google remembers your GMail login when you view Google Calendar, Wave, Voice, and all other Google products. Same …

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