Sharing on Facebook more popular than sharing through e-mails

Sharing posts on Facebook at 24% outnumbers e-mail sharing at 11.1% and Twitter at 10.8%.

Take a look at the graph to see what's popular now...

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

I'm trying to keep up with my young adult fiction reading this summer. I just finished Anderson's (author of Speak) newest title: Wintergirls.

Six years after Cassie and Lia pledge to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt after her friend's death, Lia spirals downward into her own eating disorder.

Although not a pleasant read, this book let me peak into the mind of an anorexic...

Learning to embed a Youtube video in blogger

Yeah! I just learned how to embed a Youtube video in Blogger.
Here's an example how an unknown couple has exploded on the scene! Over 5 million views!

Prezi- an alternative to the tired old Powerpoints...

I'd forgotten about this snazzy presentation tool until I saw a blog post using it.
It's a blank canvas where you can easily post text, pictures, etc. You can zoom in and out on the objects.

As they say: "Prezi is zooming sketches on a digital napkin. It's visualization and storytelling without slides."

Check it out-you can learn it in a matter of minutes.
http://prezi.com/

Google Voice

Here's something handy for teachers: Google Voice-it allows you to keep some of your phone numbers private.

Check out the Youtube explanation...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HvRu9bVH14

Social Media Sparks School Policy Debate

Here's a great article that discusses schools' dilemma on what to do with social media. This includes a video of MIT media guru Henry Jenkins who states that media rich kids are being "de-skilled and de-tooled when the walk in the classroom." I agree...

http://ecologyofeducation.net/wsite/?p=1003

On-line Youth Need Critical Thinking Skills

Here's something we've been talking about lately in our Web 2.0 class...kids need to consider the source when on-line.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10292211-238.html