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CBS Suspends Twitter...Why Haven't You? (Updated 11/20/22)
When I saw this headline, I remembered back to a conversation I had a few weeks ago, encouraging folks to move away from Twitter, or at least have a backup plan (like [ Mastodon,
Overcoming Addiction: A Farewell Letter
You may not know it, but I have suffered addiction for many years. It's been crazy to think that I've been doing my work, raising a family, caring for a pet, doing everything while
Featuring Digital Learning's Blogs of Note @teachingtimes
Special thanks to the editors of Digital Learning for including Around the Corner in their publication! This is a special moment as we approach 5.7M views of content here at Aro
Building Connections
Every other day, I'll get an email from someone looking for advice (I also get two or three spam emails or releases from PR professionals trying to let me know about something unre
Check out #TCEA17 Twitter Moment for Quick Audio Interviews
Feeling a bit disconnected from the excitement going on at the TCEA 2017 State Conference? Check out this Twitter Moment, which
Lessons Learned Building Community #msftedu @microsoft_edu
Over on Facebook, I'm making a special effort to keep the TCEA Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) closed group going with fresh tips and content. When I started facilitating MIE s
Working on Self: Responding to Who Reads Blogs @jeguhlin @teach42
The Dembo (that's Steve Dembo, of course) poses the question, Who even reads blogs anymore? To be honest, I do! But reading blogs is only one half of the equation...the other hal
3 Tips for Equipping and Empowering Educators #txeduchat
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Monitoring Social Media - 5 Tips #digcit
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MyNotes: How and Why Educators Use Twitter
The following are my notes from Jeffrey P. Carpenter's (@doccarpenter) and Daniel G. Krutka's (@dankrutka) st
MyNotes: #TxCTOClinic15 Cybersafety & Digital Citizenship in the Classroom #tecsig
This session, Cybersafety & Digital Citizenship in the Classroom , was held at the Texas K 12 CTO Council meeting on June 18, 2015. It provided some eye opening statistics about C
5 Tips and a #TwitterChat Announcement: #Coaching Stories #edtechcoach (Updated)
Update: Chat transcript appears at bottom of post! Thanks to all who participated!! Coaching, especially coaching for technology integration, has really "taken off." In fact,
Addicted to Learning
What a joy it is to learn something completely unexpected while standing in line at the grocery store, waiting for dinner to arrive at a restaurant, a few moments after waking up v
5 Tips for Grassroots Organizing in a Social Media Age
The ease of social media makes "Do it yourself," grassroot organizing a reality. How many of us, rather than turn to an "official" organization like TCEA TEC SIG and/or Texas CTO
MyNotes: 5 Social Media Tips for School District Communications
"Social media gives us tremendous power, but not everyone chooses to use that power for good." Source: ln.is/buff.ly/zN3GC via [@deannamascle](htt
Modern Day EdTech #Cursillos @dougpete @gcouros
The word "coterie" refers to a group of folks with shared interests. Social media Twitter, Google+, Facebook makes connecting with people all over the world easy and possible. We
Worth the Effort
Over at Blue Skunk Blog, Doug points out that the digital photography archive sites
5 Leadership Lessons Fig Trees Can Teach Us
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Embrace the Torrent: 9 Ways to Become A #DigitalNomad
A colleague, upon listening to a presentation by another Twitter Illuminati, said sarcastically, and perhaps unfairly, "Spare me another presentation on how twitter has changed his
MyNotes - Digital Leadership 2: Why Schools Must Change
Note: Over the
Quotes for CTOs #MACTOClinic14
These quotes came across from a Twitter search on the hashtag MACTOClinic14 . I wish I could attend Texas CTO meetings but...[fill in an excuse that doesn't work here]. Some of
High-Freedom Environment?
In high freedom environments, people use social tools for fun. In low freedom environments they use them for political action. Source: [Clay Shirky Interview](
Resistance is Futile - @Zite to Merge into @Flipboard
We are the FlipBoardg. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. [
Posting to Multiple Social Media Sites #tcea14
Do you know of a resource that allows you to easily post to multiple social media sites at once verses having to go to each one individually and post? (ex: Facebook, Twitter, Goo
Genius Anatomy of a Twitter Tutorial - QR Codes @misspelegg
After tweeting about QR Codes on postcards (thx @tombrush1982) to my team m
Featured in @HaikuDeck Gallery - Get Twitterpated!
Thanks to @HaikuDeck iPad app creators for featuring my slideshow, designed for New Teachers session next week, Get Twitterpated! online in their Gallery! [Link to the Gall
What's Connected Mean To You?
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Get Twitterpated! #principals #hdgallery
About This Presentation My presentation for a "speed dating" event for new teachers. This type of speedy introduction is fun to do. We were looking for silly names to share w
Where Have the Good People Gone?
[youtube= Earlier today, my daughter who has two educator parents, one grandparent left this comment on [the video above]
Hashtag Publishing Made Simple @flipboard @brickflow
Two fun tools make it easy to republish content that has a hashtag. I've spent a lot more time considering the power of hashtags given that I've unsubscribed from thousands of folk
Cwittering - Trimming Twitter-Following
Savage your writing with revisions until all the romance of your original words are replaced with what should be written and only what should be written. Source: [Pure Church](ht
Follow Me! (Updated)
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Squatter's Rights - Taking Over a Hashtag #hfsoars @dyslexiadepot
Today, I had the wonderful opportunity to listen to a campus instructional leadership team share how they had tapped into Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) to accelerate profession
Achieving Escape Velocity - The Impulsive Twitterer
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Playing with #iPad Apps - 7 Favorites
Over the last few Fridays, I've been fortunate to visit a campus that's intent on building it's PLN via Twitter. It all started quite innocently at TCEA when I received a tweet fro
Buzz Off Unless...
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A Topical Ointment - Tech and Leadership
A colleague recently asked me, "What ar
Controlled Sharing = #FAIL #iPad Apps That Stink at Sharing
Earlier this weekend I wrote that there are apps that absolutely drive me crazy on the iPad. It's not that the apps aren't any good but that they appear to go out of their way to
No More Lists?
"I love reading another reader’s list of favorites. Even when I find I do not share their tastes or predilections, I am provoked to compare, contrast, and contradict. It is a mo
Pitching a Tent - Building Online Communities
Earlier this week, I read an article that discussed the long pole in the tent concept. Unfortunately, I misplaced the link and the discussion that had to do with leadership. The es
Social Media Basics - Crafting an eNewsletter
What separates YOUR enewletter from th
Expanding Influence #PR #socialmedia
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In the Trenches - School Leaders Speak Up
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MyNotes - Social Media Use in Higher Education
In an earlier blog entry, Being Ethical and Using the Social Network , I took a stab at respondin
Social Media in Schools Roundup
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Making Conversations Your Own #cms #moodle
Since I typically share my blog entrie
Strategic Social Media Use in High School
thecleversheep : @ mguhlin Maybe an alternate question for consideration: Should Students Be Required
Moment by Moment - Social Media for School Leaders
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Funneling G+ to Twitter and On @rmeyners @petervogel @rriker @friedtechnology @mrmosesdotorg
Post to Twitter from G+ within 30 minu
Uninstalling Facebook, HootSuite, Google Plus
At last, my Motorola Cliq (T Mobile) no longer sings as it dances along (read Phone Quest). Instead, underneath the weig
Is Facebook the new Study Hall?
This is an app my teenager can use w
Social Media Integration - PublishSync
One of my constant gripes (aren't
Social Networks Interact - What is Best for Whom #edchat
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Social Media Permission Form #parent #permission #form
Here's a draft of a social media permission form...what do you think? Too much? Too little? Update: Spanish version for MOST of the text added. Still need to translate part of
CIPA and Facebook - Best Friends?
"...spending time onlin
Expressing My Power - Being Real in Social Media
Which are you wh
#Infographics that Engage
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Posting Wordpress Blog Entries to Social Networks #Plurk #Twitter #Facebook (Updated 08/04/2011)
One of the fun aspects of having a blog is auto magically posting its content to your favorite social networks, such as Twitter, Plurk, Facebook, and, of course, Google+. Unfortuna
The Role of Schools - Developing Student Social Skills
A Church sign on the way to the swimmi
MyNotes - Schools as Communities
"No different than 3 generations of our family walking around the town square ," shared Kimberly Herbert [via this Google+ post](
Most Hated Image - No Google+ Invite for You!
[youtube A colleague emailed me this screenshot when she realized the Google+ Invite I sent her, well, didn't work at that very moment
One Word at a Time
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Exploring a Twitter Alternative - Identi.ca
Earlier today, I realized I'd be facilitating a workshop on Building Your Professional Learning Network (PLN) in an environment that blocked Twitter, Plurk and Facebook. Oh, what t
MyNotes - Using Social Media for PD
Hmm... [Using Social Media to Enhance Your Personal/Professional Development](
No more Plurk
I'm not using Plurk anymore. Why? After spending a few hours trying to figure out how to integrate Plurk into my RSS feed fed data net of social networking tools, I just couldn't f
MyNotes - Using Social Media to Support Student Engagement
What a fascinating article! Definitely check out the findings...essentially that engaged students are going to give their all in "Web 2.0" enhanced environments, the power of learn
Taking Social Media to Heart
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MyNotes - Brand Symbiosis
Is this a lesson school districts and education organizations intent on blocking employees from accessing Facebook, Twitter, social media can learn? Chances are, they will learn it
MyNotes - Critical Social Media Skills
As I've pointed out before, it's critical school districts get going on this. It can be frustrating to watch school districts mis manage their online presence, especially in regard
Fight Hunger - Use Your Social Media Superpower
When I started blogging so long ago, I
Should I have Helped?
Yesterday, I received a request for help from a student in a small Texas school district. Here is the request: Hello Mr. Guhlin I'm a student at [removed] High School. The ot
MyNotes - Explain What Events Mean
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New Ethics for Texting Texas Teachers?
If you're a Texas educator, own a mobile device (or use a computer) to text students, you definitely need to read the following. Or, if you're an administrator wondering where your
The Daily Archive @tonnet @kayc28 @carlos38205 @alisoncleary
Though I haven't quite jumped into creating daily, aggregated blog entries which I have no doubt requires a deft hand and intuitive sense of what to filter out I'm grateful to th
You've Lost that Loving Feeling
[youtube Like other young men growing up, I watched Tom Cruise's exploits in [Top Gun](
Social Networking Survey and Summary
A colleague in Texas recently asked a few questions. Below is the survey, and once results co
The Power of Choice - My Rules for Social Media
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Follow Your Favorite Twitters En Masse (TweepML)
Like other folks online, I'm interested in getti
Keep Your PLN Tools Simple
As I was skimming my email group subscriptions,
To PLN or Not
As I shared in an [earlier blog entry](http:/
BlogNotes - Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom
SOURCE: The Innovative Educator: Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom
Ping.fm - My New Best Friend (Updated 5/23/2010)
The Way It Works Now The Way I Wish It Wor
Social Media - Engagement or Fad
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Censoring Blogs - Doubting the Value of Transparency and Muckraking
Not long ago, the only public statements a company ever made were professionally written press releases and the rare, stage managed speech by the CEO. Now firms spill information
DiigoNotes - Tweeting Your Own Horn
Some notes from the "Tweeting Your Own Horn" article by Kevin Butler in the February 2010 issue of District Administration. Here are some of the take aways from the article for m
DiigoNotes - Social Media and Young Adults (02/04/10)
Overview Pew Internet & American Life Project Since 2006, blogging has dropped among teens and y
Reputation Stalkers - Whuffie Bank
High tech reputation stalkers...yes, [The Whuffi
Reaching 21st Century Learners
About the Image Above: A new organizatio
Living in the Midst of Apathy
If a previous blog entry [Liv
Make a Social Media Mosaic
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MyNotes - Launching Brands in Public
Great ideas on how to manage what people are saying about your organization, but especially, schools. Although seth Godin is discussing businesses, why not a service for school dis
MyNotes - Schools Tweet a Double-Standard
Source: Mobile Communications Video via Personalizing Learning with the iPod Touch Is it right fo
Challenging Assertions
Would you agree with assertions like these about students learning online? Do you know of any research that support/disproves these assertions? 1. Engagement in Social networking i
MyNotes - 14 Ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media
You've gotta love Joyce's new article on 14 Ways K 12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media ! I encourage you to read the article in its entirety at the link below. Do you agree o
Social Media Blocked by School Culture
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Diigo-Notes: How journalism works today. Seventeen declarations.
Slashdot highlighted this new manifesto related to Journalism. Many of the ideas are ones edubloggers are familiar with but...it never hurts to revisit ideas that reflect fundament
Sell Your Tweet for Blackberry App
Danny Maas reports that he traded a single tweet fo
Social Media Tools - Gathering the Loose Threads
Source: [Slide 52 of Steps 2 Become A 21st Centu
Dave Fleet's 14 Key Attributes For New Public Relations Professionals
Nice article on the skills/attributes of new public relations professionals. I have to highlight this blog entry because it reminds me of what is often missing in school district c
Dave Fleet's 14 Key Attributes For New Public Relations Professionals
Nice article on the skills/attributes of new public relations professionals. I have to highlight this blog entry because it reminds me of what is often missing in school district c
Social Media Desktop Apps - Finding THE Solution?
Looking for a desktop app that will do it all on
Will Ping.FM work? (Updated 08/30/2009)
I didn't realize Twhirl had compatibility with a
Capturing Hearts with Social Media
This evening, as I sit watching an August 21 school district convocation
Social Media Guidelines
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Social Media in Schools
In a few months, it will be TechForum time in Texas, an event put on by Technology & Learning. One of the workshops I submitted was [an article on Social Media](
The Man in the Glass - 3 Dynamics of Social Media
Source: Danah Boyd gives a talk and here's an excerpt [(read the
Rules to Tweet By
A few days ago, in this blog entry, I asked, Will news journalists jumping on the twitter bandwagon cross the line and convict
Guilty on the Web
Alleged Attempted Murderer and Assailant Seen th
True to Stories In Progress
Brand "U.0" View more presentations from [David Armano](h
Let's Talk About You, Not Me
Isn't it amazing that the changes journalism is undergoing, well, they could easily be perceived as the changes education needs to go through? Consider this quote: You will not o
Reaching for the Heart: 5 Tips for School District Communications
...the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks,
Faceless Decisions
[Goodbye to KLRU Docubloggers](
Journalism School Makes a Mistake
If I were a journalism student, I would be pushing back against the trend towards iPod Touch devices. While instant communication is key and it makes sense to have an iPhone, Black
Social Media Unleashes the Power
Choosing & Using Social Media Tools View more [present
Dear Daughter...About Facebook
Dear Daughter, Allow me to affirm your decision to NOT get a Facebook account, even though I have often encouraged you to reach out and embrace social media tools to construct an a
Thinking the Unthinkable
Jeff Jarvis (BuzzMachine) writes about change in journalism: Change isn’t easy. It’s hard on people. It’s destruc
Twitter Fear - The Opposite of Transparency
Acknowledgement: Thanks to a friend, T. U., who asked a question reminding me that I hadn't written about transparency and transformation recently. [Let's Really Go Online! The P
The Bad PR List
Ok, that's it. Hey, Public Relations and Marketing Firms trying to get bloggers to write about the product you're tasked with selling. If I get another press release from you, I'm
Podcast: Make New Media Work
Just finished posting the podcast from the TASA 2009 session: [ ](
TASA2009 - Online On-Time - Making New Media Work for You
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