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I am sure many other Twitter users have already defined what I am calling the Twitter Effect (there is, in fact, a Facebook page called The Twitter Effect). Even though I am professionally trained to read and evaluate what others have said before I say what I want to say on a topic (in academia [...]

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Discussion about social media boundaries between professors and students in higher education.

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I’m In Deep

      I got married 9-1/2 years ago and didn’t change my name. I got a new job 5-1/2 years ago and didn’t change my approach to work. I moved to a new house 3 years ago and didn’t change the wall colors. I joined Twitter 3 weeks ago and have already changed my [...]

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The Great Twitter (Squawker) Experiment continues for me, and I am now at the end of Week 2.  I have stats, I have some experience using it, and I’ve had a good tutorial from @alex_craghead (a former student / now colleague). I know a few things about it, and I can see possibility and value there. [...]

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The Importance of Stats

Today is Day 4 of the Great Twitter Experiment. I might give it a month to see what I think, but since I am the chief investigator in this experiment, and there’s neither a control nor an experimental group, and I don’t have funders to whom I am accountable, I might decide to only give [...]

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Ok, so now I tweet. Actually, it’s more like I squawk. Why? I have no idea. But now I do. Why? Because everyone keeps asking me, “Why don’t you use Twitter?” And I have never had a good answer, other than, “Why in the world would I want to be on Twitter? What would I [...]

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I learn something new everyday. So yesterday I wrote a blog post. And then I received this email: Congrats! Your post ( http://prattlenog.com/2010/05/04/verb-to-blog/ ) has been promoted to Freshly Pressed on WordPress.com. Keep up the good work! ^-^-^-^-^-^ Joy Editorial Czar WordPress.com | Automattic editor@wordpress.com I chuckled at Joy’s title. “Czar.” Why not “queen?” I [...]

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In this  post are several links to resources and examples related to the presentation that Harriet Schwartz (who writes The Encouragement Lounge, a blog for her adult learners) and I gave at this year’s AHEA conference. First, a must read is Harriet’s article that was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled Facebook: The [...]

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Here are some resources that might be of interest to those who attend Life By Design NW’s Coffee & Conversation session about social media. First, a quick video from Common Craft called Social Networking in Plain English: Other Resources: Social Media in Plain English – also from Common Craft HOW TO: Leverage Social Media for [...]

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Here is Disney’s official description of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride: Keep your eyes peeled because Mr. Toad certainly isn’t watching where he’s going! Climb into your buggy and hang on, because the wacky characters from the Disney classic “The Wind in the Willows” are going to take you on a road trip you won’t soon [...]

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