I am now Twittering!

I added Twitter to my online presence because SitePointoffered a free ebook on developing websites with CSS to all Twitter followers--offer good for a couple of days only. I had already downloaded and USED the free chapters, so I wanted the whole book!

I doubt that I will twitter daily; maybe even not weekly. but who knows?

I read on one of my networks that a teacher is actually using Twitter to text questions and answers with students in the classroom. That's great if you have IM on your cell phone or if you have a laptop open to get streaming emails, like Gmail provides. Imagine, a friends (followers) IM list like a network's friends email list. Constant updates to and from all on a list with one click of the (enter/send) button.

Businesses are using Twitter to send IM to employees, some social some work-related. Imagine a twitter that says "Employee picnic this Sat, my house, noon, the Boss!" Would you need a separate account to inform customers of the "Customer Appreciation Night: Midnight Sale -- 50% off--Tomorrow Nite. Refreshments. Let's party!" or just to offer selected coupons to Twitter followers?

Twitter me!

bye for now

Great Stuff at Link TV

Link TV
has some of the most emotionally draining documentaries around. It is wonderful in its educational value and stark in its grounding in reality. It is hard to watch for a day because the issues it covers are controversial that you become emotionally involved to the point of being stressed if you do not take action of some type: write a congressman, make a donation, volunteer your time, read more about it.

The website is a treasure trove of program abstracts, trailers to programs, and rss feeds.
Here is a set of offerings of interest to k-12 teachers and homeschoolers at the 7-12 levels, mostly. (Link TV also offers worldwide music of interest to all grades!)

• Get podcasts from Link TV.
• http://www.linktv.org/podcasts
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embedded players from Link TV:
• Earth Focus

• Explore

• Global Pulse

One of the Link TV sponsors offers this rss feed to world news:
Showcasing the most important news and views on human rights and development worldwide.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/feed/rss/18/

Do add these to your resources for teaching.