by simplyzesty.com 7 Social Media Productivity Tips For 2013 January is normally the time where we look back on the last twelve months and decide what we want to improve. Cue promises that we’ll go…
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Social Media Cheat Sheet For Teachers (And Other Bipeds)
Keeping up with social media is an entire industry in and of itself (see Mashable). The following social media cheat sheet created by Flowtown and Column Five media for social media sites was created for…
The Social Media Trends That Will Emerge In 2013
by simplyzesty.com Each new year offers new possibilities, and considering that so much happened in 2012, it’s a good time to think about what the next twelve months will bring us. There are so many…
Want To Step Up Your Twitter Game? The 50 Best Twitter Profile Designs
by simplyzesty.com We recently had a look at the 50 best Facebook cover photos and we’ve followed it up with a look at the second most popular social network Twitter. Social media sites are slowly embracing design…
How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Facebook
I was hesitant to get on the facebook train. Everyone I knew “had a facebook” before I did. I am generally skeptical of early adoption of anything—technology, movies, fitness, anything. Trends and frenzy dangerous, as…
20 Interesting Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom
Using social media in a modern learning environment seems easy, but that simplicity is often the result of how we think about it: new ways to accomplish old tasks. Below is a visual spectrum that…
12 Tips & 28 Ideas For Pinterest For Teachers
Pinterest is a wonderful tool–highly visual, as brief or in-depth as you’d like, and easy to use. But using it for a specific goal beyond simple repinning takes a little know-how, which is why Kimberly…
50 Twitter Tips And Tricks You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
With over 170 million active users and playing a significant role in media consumption, Twitter has turned into the go-to site for real-time updates and gathering snippets of info from those we’re interested in. Pretty much everyone…
A Thought On Social Media Addiction From 1821
We’ve looked at what George Orwell might’ve thought of Facebook. What about a Romantic-era poet? Explore.com recently republished the following insight from Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley, the melancholy poet and husband of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley,…
Cheat Sheet: Twitter For Teachers
By Kimberly Tyson of learningunlimitedllc.com We’ve sung the praises of twitter in the classroom in the past–far and away our favorite social media tool of 2012. But while simple to use simply, it’s not the…
How Colleges Are Using Pinterest In Education
Like Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest has fast become an essential social media tool for colleges. Scores of schools use the site for marketing, recruiting, or just sharing fun pictures and information with students. Yet Pinterest has…
Infographic: Is Social Media Hurting Productivity In Learning?
So, you’ve just finished a task or an assignment and figure you deserve a little mental break. Why not check Facebook or Twitter? It will only take you five minutes, right? Wrong. As American students…
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