What Education Can Learn from Marketing
I recently finished a project that has required me to skim resources that are related to kids, education and digital media skills. It’s made me ponder our educational situation here in the U.S. I’m also pondering how the generational lag between teachers and students is, in some cases, contributing to a lack of very necessary skills for students graduating and learning in a digital age. It’s not a case of teachers being poorly trained but I think teachers aren’t aware of the potential resources at their disposal to help kids learn in ways that work for them as individuals. Enter Joseph Pine. Pine is a big believer in authentic experiences. When he spoke at TED,[.....]
How to Email Files to Dropbox
Editor’s note: Habilis closed it’s doors. However you can use http://sendtodropbox.com/ for now! Huge Dropbox fan here, it makes sharing big files super easy which is great, especially for workshifting. I wanted to share a tip with everyone on how to email files as attachments that you want to share with others via Dropbox. First, if you don’t have Dropbox, get an account now. (Referral link!) If you haven’t heard of Dropbox, it allows you to sync your files online and across computers. It also allows you to share the folders that you create with others, see their changes and offers mobile support for phones and the iPad. Check it out, you’ll love the ease of[.....]
The Short List : Blog Posts that made my must read list last week
I’m dropping some great links here that I’ve come across this past week. List is by no means complete but every post on this list is worth your time to check out. Wait, no, don’t just check out the post…subscribe to these blogs if you aren’t already. You’ll always be learning something. Thanks to the great bloggers in this list. Ron Ploof – C Level Social Media Ignorance Greg Cangialosi – The Marketers “New Normal” Justin Kownacki – Why I Need You to be a Better Audience Mack Collier – The ROI of Giving a Damn Christopher S. Penn – Three Nearly Guaranteed Moneymaking Twitter Words DJ Waldow – Silent Bob & Southwest Airlines: 7[.....]
How To Market With Google’s Social Search
The past couple days the techiverse has been entertained and/or irritated at Google Buzz, Google’s stab at social networking. This isn’t another post about Google Buzz, but rather the hidden gem of Social Circle and Social Search. Combined with their acquisition of Aardvark, Google is amassing utilities to enable social search to take social media to the next level. What are social search and social circles anyway? What makes up our Social Circle for Google’s purposes: People in your Gmail (or Google Talk) chat list People in your Friends, Family, and Coworkers groups in your Google contacts People you’re publicly connected to through social services that you’ve listed in your Google profile, such as Twitter[.....]
Acknowledging Accomplishments
One of the things we talk about in the social media space is sharing great things that others are up to versus talking about our own stuff all the time. I strive to share some interesting things that others are doing on Twitter but I felt the need to take the time out and offer some of those things up on my blog tonight. Very a la Becky McCray’s Brag Basket I wanted to brag on some great stuff I’m reading, listening to, watching, etc. here on my blog. Josiah Boothby, Evan Flory-Barnes and Acknowledgement of a Celebration A very dear friend of mine who has dabbled in social media emailed me recently about a musical[.....]
