0044 TCT - On a Twitter Soapbox

Twitter Commentary in response to blog post by David Jakes (sorry–we’re a little long winded, but we just had to do it…). If you’re sick of hearing about Twitter, fast forward about 23 minutes. Hey… you were warned!

Resources

Newbie’s Guide to Twitter

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9697867-2.html

Good beginner’s guide for anyone new to Twitter from Rafe Needleman whose name Anna dubbed in later because she had a flub. It’s a terrible edit. Painful. We’re human.

Long Portraits

http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/long-portrait-video

A quick and easy, but powerful example of digital storytelling. 30 second or less video of someone responding to a question. Great to take at the beginning of the year and then end of year, or from year to year, maybe with the same question each year, to watch the kids grow and change. Good for career days.

Artsonia

http://www.artsonia.com/

World’s Largest Children’s Art Museum

MooURL

http://www.moourl.com/

Web’s cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field, and they’ll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It’s automatically copied to your clipboard, and It’s really cute.

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