Using Ning for Educational Social Networks

All Blog Posts Tagged 'media' (8)

Etherpad does not take you to the Heavens, but it comes very close to it

I had been using Etherpad –http://www.etherpad.com–for a while, but had never experimented its potential as a collaborative tool in the classroom. Etherpad is one of the best online-based word processors out there not only because it is free (and now open source since Google acquired it) but also because it enables users to create a public pad without having to sign up for an account. Etherpad has many other wonderful features such as easy sharing, author c… Continue

Added by Imwinkelried on December 9, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Join the Eliot Network

ELIOT is your place to share whatever you wish. No restrictions. No requirements. It's all about you. JOIN NOW http://eliotmedia.ning.com/

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Added by Eliot on April 4, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

Can Social Media Save Africa?

In some of my previous posts on my African innovation blog, I talked about the African cancer cure, and before that, my African Dream. The question I want to throw out here in this blog full of educators (I assume and hope) is this: Is social media a powerful enough weapon to drive grassroots development movements offline on a… Continue

Added by Gogo Erekosima on March 10, 2009 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Social Media Marketing might not be for everyone

I’m always telling our clients and potential clients that Social Media Networking is a MUST and that every business should be partaking. One of my clients, my brother in fact, asked me what we (SortedSites.com) are doing as a company, to market our business on the Social Web. The truth is although we had a Linkedin, Flickr,… Continue

Added by John Beckley on March 5, 2009 at 11:44pm — No Comments

Finally joined Twitter

I'm JohnBeckley on twitter if you want to follow me. I am interested in Internet Marketing, specifcally using social meda web sites. We have also started a Twitter account for our company SortedSites.com. Continue

Added by John Beckley on January 29, 2009 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

Using Flickr as a Social Media Marketing Strategy for Business

Far too often SortedSites.com will set up and optimize a Flickr account for a client, someone in a department will be assigned to update it with photos but I think they are missing the whole point of Social Media marketing for a business. The real key to Social Media marketing for business is to contribute to the conve… Continue

Added by John Beckley on December 6, 2008 at 4:30am — No Comments

The death of SEO and New Rules Marketing

SEO used be an exclusive club, the few who knew how to follow the rules got the results in the search engines. Keyword density, inbound links, page titles...all the jargon known by a select few. This is set to change, SEO will no longer be a discipline held by those who know the tricks of getting good rankings. As Google evolves to deliver relevant search results they will strive to provide what users are really looking for. New rules of marketing is about conversations and providing good relev… Continue

Added by John Beckley on September 23, 2008 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Can New Media Be Taught in Schools?

Would like to share this article that I got regarding the future of education is going to look like. "Tests on Twitter, wiki-style study groups, students quizzed on yesterday's most popular YouTube videos and the biggest hits on Del.icio.us/Popular - is this what the future of education is going to look like?...." You can visit this site http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/can_new_media_be_taught_in_schools.php for the full text. Continue

Added by menchu on August 1, 2008 at 4:49pm — No Comments

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