Educators are flocking to Google+ for news and interaction, and many of them are joining communities in education. Whether you’re interested in educational technology, free online courses, or the future of learning, there’s something out…
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52 Education Blogs You Should Follow
If you are a teacher, student, parent, or administrator, you should be following education blogs. Why? Simply because blogs are an ever-increasing way to spark ideas, creativity, and innovation. The following list is a compilation…
4 Principles Of Digital Literacy
Literacy Literacy is the ability to make sense of something, often generalized as the ability to read and write. In many ways, reading is reading, media is media, but in the same way a play…
The Impact Of Technology Reading List: MOOCs, eBooks, & Lindsey Lohan
The Impact Of Technology is an aggregated reading list of the best, in-depth thinking from around the web on the impact of technology and social media, curated by Nathan Jurgenson and Cyborgology. “The morbid fascination with the Myspace saga is…
The Journey Of A Tweet: How Twitter Touches Everything
The Journey Of A Tweet: How Twitter Touches Everything The journey of a tweet is is a multi-step process that highlights the immediate interdependence of so many media today. When you publish something digitally, it…
7 Social Media Productivity Tips For 2013
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…
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…
Ready To Grow? 20 Ways To Improve Your Professional Learning Network
Networking is a prime form of 21st century learning. The world is much smaller thanks to technology. Learning is transforming into a globally collaborative enterprise. Take for example scientists; professional networks allow the scientific community to…
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…
The Impact Of Technology Reading List: Technology Rewiring Youth’s Brains?
An aggregated reading list of the best, in-depth thinking from around the web on the impact of technology and social media, curated by Nathan Jurgenson and Cyborgology. “Behaving as if our digital data is fleeting can cause serious trouble”…















