How to Embed a Facebook Post Into Your Blog

Here's a quick demo (<1min.) for embedding that Facebook post too good not to share on your blog.

Check out the original Facebook post here and the final blog post here. 

Have fun blogging! 


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A Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet -- Thank you, Canva!

Whoo-hoo! Image sizes and tips for Facebook, G+, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram!

I love that Canva provided the embed code for this infographic right in their article The Complete Social Media Image Size Guide: With Awesome Design Tips [Infographic]. Talk about quick sharing!

Find more awesome design content at designschool.canva.com

And did I mention before how much I love Canva? ☺

                                          

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Here's a Neat Infographic on 'The History of the Hashtag'

People ask me about hashtags all the time. "What do they mean?"

I tell them this: 

Just think of hashtags as subjects.

There are the standard, popular subjects (much like the subject categories of the Dewey Decimal System -- but I keep this reference to my librarian self). Also, anyone can create their own hashtag to designate a group, to express emotions, to editorialize -- for anything, really.

Now when people ask, I will have a nice little infographic to show them. It's informative and entertaining and it was created by blur Group, a global technology company that specializes in ecommerce.

According to the infographic, Chris Messina first suggested using hashtags for Twitter groups in 2007. Tumblr followed later that year, Instagram started using hashtags in 2010, Google Plus hopped on the bandwagon in 2011, and Flickr barely beat out Facebook to avoid last place in 2013.

Covered in the infographic are the hashtag's effect on politics, the entertainment industry, and business.

These are my favorite factoids:

•The most popular hashtag on Instagram (2011) 

•The positive effect of the hashtag #40dollars (2011) 

•How #McDStories backfired on the company (2012) 

•The success that the hashtag #Nike has enjoyed (2013)

Click on the image and see for yourself:

courtesy of the blur Group
Original at History of the Hashtag [Infographic]

Happy #hashtagging, and have fun with it!

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P.S. These are four of my most favorite hashtags :

#edchat in Google Plus and Twitter
#edtech in Google Plus and Twitter
#GAFE (Google Apps for Education) in Google Plus and Twitter
#TLChat (Teacher-Librarian Chat) in Google Plus and Twitter

Facebook as an Academic Resource? -- The Case of Brooke and Simon J. Ortiz

If you have to do research about a post-colonial poet who's living, where do you look?

Sophomore Brooke Sturdevant decided to try Facebook FIRST to look up Simon J. Ortiz and found that he was listed!

Here's the Facebook exchange.

From: Facebook

Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:00 PM

To: Simon J. Ortiz

Subject: Brooke Sturdevant sent you a message on Facebook...

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Brooke sent you a message. Brooke SturdevantApril 26, 2010 at 1:00pm Subject: HI MY NAME IS BROOKE I live in Maui, Hawaii and I'm doing a massive report on your poetry. I was wondering if you could help me out by translating a selected amount of poetry and also giving me more information and a deeper connection to why you wrote some of your poetry. I was excited when I saw you had a Facebook because I can keep in touch with you easily. Please write back! my email: (---@____) or just message me on Facebook. Thanks for your time! ~Brooke

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:07 PM, simon ortiz <-----@_____> wrote:

Hi, Brooke,

Thanks for your FB message about needing help for a project.

You ask at a bad time since this is the end of spring term at ASU where I am a professor.  Term papers are due and exams are upcoming.  No time for anything else but that.

I have the feeling you need considerable help for your "massive report" on my poetry.  Translation takes a lot of work and a long time.  Trust me since I experienced it which is why I don't do much translation.

I apologize I will not be able to help.  If you ask at the beginng of a semester, that's always much, much better.

All best, Simon Ortiz, Professor, Department of English, Arizona State University

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From: Brooke Sturdevant

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:30 PM

To: simon ortiz

Subject: Re: Brooke Sturdevant sent you a message on Facebook...

Thanks for replying! I understand that you are busy but could you answer one question?
Why did you become a poet?
~Brooke

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Hi, Brooke,

Thank you for understanding.

I don't think I necessarily became a poet.  Language is part of the human physiological and cultural substance and structure of who we are as human-animal beings.  We communicate instinctually I believe whether by word, neurologically, physically, spiritually, or even in ways we don't really know nor understand.  Poetry is one of those ways since poetry is imbedded so deeply within our personal human psyche we do not know its origin.  Perhaps poetry--I think and feel--has to do in origin with the first moment of life.  Hmmmm.  That's quite a thought, isn't it?

All best, Simon

 Simon Ortiz, Professor, Department of English, Arizona State University

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What does Brooke think about all of this? She's simply amazed! She says that the poet's highly personal and thoughtful response MAKES her paper, and she's so appreciative that he took the time to write her.

Thanks to Brooke for allowing me to share this exchange with the world, and thanks to Simon J. Ortiz, one of today's most important Native American poets, for his generosity.

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danah boyd, on (1) Privacy on the Internet and (2) Why Teens Like to Hang Out on Social Networking Sites

(1) I always tell my students that privacy is never guaranteed on the Internet.

I still believe that, but cultural anthropologist Dr. danah boyd (yes, her name has no caps), considered by many to be the "high priestess" of social media, says that everyone expects privacy on the Internet and that they are entitled to it. She gives examples of how Facebook, Google, and other developers can work toward insuring that privacy.

Privacy is Not Dead: Danah Boyd Talks about Privacy at SXSW (a ReadWriteWeb.com article)

(2) Here's a fascinating 14-min. video interview on Discover Magazine where danah (I'm hoping that it's okay to refer to her as danah, but she's a Dr. ala UC Berkeley) gives us a historical/sociological view of why teens like to "hang out" on social network sites. She provides excellent insight to educators.

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P. S. She was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies of the 14th National AASL Conference in Charlotte, NC, in November, 2009. What a treat it was to hear her speak!

Using Facebook and YouTube to Teach Math

Who poo-poohs social media for teaching and learning? Not I ...

Seabury alum Ben Rogers uses Facebook, along with his website Crewton Ramone's House of Math to get the word out about his super simple method of learning math.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Makawao-HI/Crewton-Ramones-House-of-Math/204602101536?ref=nf

And, Ben is putting up simple and effective lessons on YouTube, like this one about making change for $100.00, and (the formerly dreaded) nine times tables:

"Using Addends to make change for $100.00 & multiply by nines"


Who says social media and education don't mix very well?
Not I ...

Bravo, Ben!
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