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Introducing Social Media
So what is social media you might ask? Social Media is an umbrella term for web based and mobile technology that allows the user to produce and share information with others using text and/or media (video, audio, images), who in turn are then able to engage in a interactive dialogue about the content.SocialMedia4Us
The aim of this blog is to help you explore the different ways you can interact online using social media and the tools to help you do this.Tags
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Author Archives: Sue Beckingham
LinkedIn: endorsements and recommendations
Recommendations LinkedIn recommendations are used to give a colleague or business partner that you have personally worked with or a service provider, a recommendation of their work. There is also the option to recommend a student, but I personally would … Continue reading
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Time saving tech tips you may well have forgotten
There are so many time saving keystroke tips and tricks around and yet many of us (including myself) have either simply just not picked them up or along the way forgotten what they are! David Pogue talks about some really useful ones … Continue reading
The 5 Stages of Getting Twitter
Below is an excellent article written by Shea Bennett on the 5 Stages of Getting Twitter. I am sharing her 5 Stages (in its entirety) as it is such a good summary and one that even the most prolific Tweeters will be … Continue reading
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Google+ Hangouts on Air
One of the features of Google+ is having a ‘Google Hangout‘, which is very similar to Skype. However the added value is that it is free for you to hang out with up to 9 people and have a private discussion or … Continue reading
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Developing your LinkedIn Profile
If you are thinking about creating a LinkedIn profile or have one but have not looked at it recently, the following tips may be useful.
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Kickstarter: crowdsourcing funding for your creative project
Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative projects. It is a platform where anyone can launch a project and seek funding. The project creators set a funding goal and deadline for their project. Projects only get funded if the … Continue reading
Putting the spotlight on audioBoo: a useful tool to record and listen to audio
audioBoo is a free app that allows you to easily record, tag and instantly share audio. You can record from your desktop, by using the app on a smartphone or by uploading as an audio file. There’s a 3 minute limit for … Continue reading
Some simple tips for new Bloggers
There are many reasons why people choose to blog. This blog was originally set up by me to introduce my students to blogging and other social media tools. I therefore chose to make the blog public, so that all of the students … Continue reading
Beyond the ‘Google it’ search bar (as it’s not the only way you can search)
Google has long since been the verb for online searching. For many of us it is the only way we search for information. In 2012 alone there were 1.2 trillion searches. Many of these will have been done directly from … Continue reading
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