(cross blogged from my GeekyMomma blog)

If you’re like me, you get questions from fellow teachers about blogging. They probably ask not so much what a blog is (oh no, that question would be way too embarrassing and would reveal oodles of cobwebs in their minds) but questions like :

Why would I want to blog? What is the cost? How do I do it? How safe is it? Who the heck has the time? etc.

Thanks to my Twitter feed, @smeech (that’s Scott over there to the left) suggested this Atomic Learning series that is completely free (right now, that is) all on blogging. There are over 100 tutorials on blogging in this series. All in useful segments. Although there is no segment available to answer the last question on “Who the heck has the time?” Perhaps after some awareness, some skeptical teachers might find some time to give it a try.

Check it out!

(cross-blogged from GeekyMomma)

Five Things Twitter’s CEO Has Learned About What You Are Doing

How Jack Dorsey figured out that short is sweet, flexibility is essential and applications should work so that people don’t have to be at their computers all day long. Read the full article.

1. [You don't have to be at your] computer all the time.

2. The merits of brevity.

3. Good technology has a narrow focus.

4. From users, expect the unexpected.

5. Technology should be amazingly useful.

My two cents:

6. Online technology is non-linear.

I think we have room for a few more… add your comment.

7.