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Social Media users praise brands in private and criticise in public

This is my first “reblog!” I want to share a great blog post by Ana Canhoto that I came across. This article describes the results of her research into social media and electronic word of mouth about brands. Specifically, the study looks at positive and negative online expression of consumer experiences with a brand. Enjoy! […]

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Are Your Classroom Handouts Stuck In the Last Century?

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. A little while ago I posted about just how useful screencasting is for teaching students how to use tools and software on the computer/web. I also recently posted on a favorite image screen capture Chrome add-on that makes it super easy to grab […]

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Take Screen Shots Efficiently with Awesome Screenshot

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. In addition to discussing social media education and trends on this blog, I like to share tech tools and tricks that can help an educator out! I’m a big proponent of using screenshots to quickly show students (or anyone!) how to do something […]

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Social Media Educator Google Hangout; Google Drive in the Classroom

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Last week was such a busy week I didn’t get a chance to post this content I had planned. So here are a few things I didn’t get a chance to share: I participated in another great Google+ Hangout with social media educators […]

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#TryThis! Using Google Drive for real-time in class team collaboration

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Note: Due to the news with Google link schemes, I got a little off track with my #TryThis! themed blog posts. Here is 1 of the other 2 I had planned. Here is another great tool I love for engaging students in teamwork […]

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Sharing my Social Media Release Assignment

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. I’ve been writing lately about the Google Link Schemes update – what it is, how I am teaching in response to it, and what I think about it. As promised, here is my assignment that is […]

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