Saturday, September 8, 2007

Micro-Blogging

Well just when I thought I had begun to wrap my mind around this new world of blogging, I find information on one of the latest blogging developments -- microblogging!

So what makes this type of blogging different? Well basically the difference is the postings are very short entries and there are several tools that have developed to aid the micro-blogger. Refer to http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_micro-blogging_tools_compared.php for more information. Still the digital immigrant...Lois

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Social Networking Survey Results

The National School Board Association has released findings from an online survey involving 9-17 year old students and their social networking habits. The survey concludes with NSBA recommending to school board members to find ways to harness the learning power of social networking with this generation of students. Read the entire survey findings at http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf Lois