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Top 10 Links 2.26: Google+, Digital Illiteracy, Staying Positive and More!

July 3, 2011
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My personally selected top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 6.25.2011 through 7.1.2011. 1. Definitely! RT @pcsweeney: Could Google+ Ruin Your Online Personal Brand? great post from Patrick Sweeney that will get you think about what information we’re supplying Google and others. I started thinking about the amount of metadata that we are creating for each other and about each other. I started thinking about twitter lists, facebook groups, and other classifications in the multitude of social media platforms that we, our company, or our brand, is being put into against our will and without our control. 2. PBS Launches LearningMedia, Digital Repository for Ed Content via @hackeducation #iste11 @audreywatters #ala11 – this is a prek through 13+ resource. Check it out! PBS is launching a new repository of digital resources for educators today. PBS LearningMedia offers free access to thousands of pieces of digital content, including videos, interactive media, and support materials. That material comes not just from PBS, but from over 30 local member stations, as well as from other publicly funded organizations including the National Archives, NASA, and the Library of Congress. 3. The Digital Era Needs Human Guides: Why Your School Should Keep, Not Cut, the Librarian via @SpotlightDML As we’ve

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Top Ten 2.19: Leadership, Success, Facebook Shenanigans, The Shame of LA, and So Much More

May 15, 2011
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Top Ten 2.19: Leadership, Success, Facebook Shenanigans, The Shame of LA, and So Much More

My personally selected top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 5.7.2011 through 5.13.2011.  In no particular order: 1. Facebook admits hiring PR firm to smear Google /via @engadget This story broke this week and it wasn’t until after I’d tweeted it that I learned that the PR firm referenced one of my blog posts in their attempts to smear Google! Crazy and Weird. Especially since I’ve written far more often about Facebook privacy problems. 2. wow -> Sitting All Day is Killing You Seriously look at that info-graphic. It bothered me enough that I started researching stand up desks and came across this post which I think has some great information. Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk. I am actually planning to purchase a stand up desk. I’ve hated my current home one for a year or more and been planning to replace it. I thought I’d start small with the home office space and see how I like it. Then, if I do, I’ll figure out how to make it work at work (and  shoudl confess that shoes are my biggest concern). I’m currently investigating options that don’t cost a fortune such as Adjustable Height Stand-Up Workstation, Stand-up Workstation, Medium Oak, but the most

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