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Welcome to the Fediverse

11/15/2022 by Don

Three years ago when I first signed up for a Fosstodon account I really had no comprehension of what a wonderful universe of learning I was getting involved with. Fast forward three years and the impending erosion or collapse of the birdsite and I’m reevaluating my use of social media. I had forgotten how great … Read more

Categories Blogging, Education, Mastodon Tags #edtech, fediverse, mastodon, PK12, Twitter

Twitter a medium for storytelling and more

10/22/2013 by Don

I’ve been watching Andrew Fitzgerald’s, “Adventure’s in Twitter Fiction,” another interesting TED talk. I’ve been a Twitter user for almost six years.  I was not sure what Twitter was at first and a bit skeptical and unsure of how this worked. A bit more than four years ago I began to follow sources on Twitter … Read more

Categories technology Tags Andrew Fitzgerald, Education, storytelling, TED, Twitter

New direction

06/20/2009 by Don

I recently wrote about fear and doubt and how I was uncertain of my future and how that future might include retirement. I walked all the way to the edge and even jumped off into retirement only to be recalled by one of my supervisors. A week ago I was summoned to the principal’s office … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags Google Docs, prayer, SMS, technology, Twitter 7 Comments

Death of the news

03/27/2009 by Don

Has anyone noticed that news is dying?  I don’t mean that there aren’t any stories to be covered. There are more stories now than there ever have been but those stories are being covered more and more by people like you and me. We’re blogging, tweeting, texting and in the process we’ve made the talking … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags bloggers, blogs, Drudge, Huffington Post, News, Twitter 1 Comment

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