Technology

[By Janet Kornblum, USA TODAY]

Shanda Edstrom can't stop herself. Every day — pretty much no matter where she is — she's just gotta go to MySpace.

Her friends are there. Her former high school classmates hang out there. Heck, these days it seems like every teen and twentysomething in the USA is there.

"I'm on it every day for like two hours at a minimum," says Edstrom, 18, of Clackamas, Ore., who works at a Kinko's in Portland. "It's just crazy."

Forget the mall. Forget the movies. Forget school. Forget even AOL. If you're a teen in America today, the place to be is the social networking site MySpace, which has virtually exploded in the past few months.

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Posted by chad at 3:25 PM | Permalink

Are you interested in keeping in touch with your UniServ Academy experience? Wondering how you'll remember HOW in the world you'll remember "www.donblake.com.yadda yadda yadda??

Your Academy "Knowledge Management" blog has been redesigned to address just this issue. Here's one way Web 2.0 and NEA will keep you connected to your learnings and Academy content...

Follow these steps:

Point your browser to: http://igoogle.com
1. Follow the steps to create you personalized Home Page
2. Select "Add Stuff" and then "Add by URL."
3. Add the following URLs (copy and paste each URL listed below, clicking "Add" after each one):
   http://www.donblake.com/udacademy
   http://www.donblake.com/buildingstronglocals
   http://www.donblake.com/exploringyourstrengths
   http://www.donblake.com/healthandwellness
   http://www.donblake.com/trainingtips
   http://www.donblake.com/technology
   http://www.donblake.com/resourcelibrary
   http://www.donblake.com/survivalskills
   

You can "add a tab" to your home page and "click-drag" your new Academy blogs to the new tab area to keep content seperate from other "iGoggle Home Page content."

Content will automatically update anytime NEA adds content to these Academy blogs--days, weeks, months... even years from now!

Posted by chad at 2:13 PM | Permalink

If anyone wondered my opinion about change, I would normally say, Change is for the best. Change your shoes and your feet smell better. Change apartments and get off to a fresh start. Change your workout habits and you might meet new people.

I came across change today that didn’t suit my fancy - at all. New student change. Fouled up my sweetly oiled machine of a classroom, that he did.

[Read More from New Teacher Diaries...]

Posted by chad at 2:38 PM | Permalink

Here are the entries:

1. http://goldcanyon.blogspot.com
2. http://wceapaul.blogspot.com
3. http://beavercreeksc.blogspot.com
4. http://unionfun.blogspot.com
5. http://crankyolebroad.blogspot.com
6. http://trueunion4u.blogspot.com
7. http://aunionteacher.blogspot.com
8. http://meauniservdistrict8.blogspot.com
9. http://westernslopewindhorse.blogspot.com
10. http://bgcwscmilla.blogspot.com
11. http://markudacademy.blogspot.com
12. http://iowashere.blogspot.com
13. http://stakerthoughts.blogspot.com
14. http://teacherssavingeducation.blogspot.com
15. http://itinerantissues.blogspot.com/
16. http://rantsravesandopinions.blogspot.com

Posted by at 11:28 AM | Permalink

A closer look at blogging and social networking.

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[Build My Bog!]

Posted by chad at 11:52 AM | Permalink

An online survey tool that is free! It does not have a limit on the number of questions you can ask. Add-A-Form You can also check with your IT people to see if you have access to the NEA survey program.

Posted by Cara at 11:17 AM | Permalink