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Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities
Category Archives: communication
gMail – Useful Features
gMail is my favorite mail application, as I have blogged about here previously: http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/gmail-other-email-addresses/ http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/why-gmail-labels-not-folders/ There are other reasons in other posts, but here is an excellent succinct list of why and how gmail is useful: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/5-gmail-tips-for-teachers
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Posted in blogging, communication, email, gmail, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged email, Gmail, teaching, web tools
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My Samsung Galaxy Tab
Does it make me disloyal to my love for Apple? I love my MacBook Air, but I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab. My friends say I’m betraying Mac, but here’s what I said to them: Well I do feel a little disloyal, but I’ve always been deeply fond of Google, and the Tab has View Post
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Posted in communication, computers, email, gmail, Internet_use, Macs, reading_online, social media, social_web, technology, Twitter, webtools
Tagged Android, calendar, cloud, email, GalaxyTab, Gmail, Google, Tablet, Twitter
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Communicating With Today's Tools and Today's Knowledge
Charles Bell: Anatomy of the Brain, c. 1802 I believe, in this world of rapidly changing technology and increasing knowledge of how our brains ‘work’, that students of communication need to know more. (For the record, I believe it’s a human need to constantly learn more about how to communicate, but for the sake of View Post
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The Web is a Bottomless Toy Chest
I like to play on the web, and my biggest problem is my “I-can’t-catch-up” anxiety. There is always more to explore. And for free, either for the basic version or for a month. I can never try everything out. I can’t catch up. Ever. I make things even more intense by following people who suggest View Post
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Posted in communication, e-learning, howto, Internet_use, Jane_Hart, learning, PLE, reading_online, Steve_Rubel, tips, Top10Tools, webtools
Tagged communication, learning, PLE
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Reading Content; Content Reading
All learning is contextual, in my opinion. You have to already know some aspect in order to learn more. I remember my Psych 101 prof, many, many years ago, saying that any book with more than 10% new content would be unreadable. So this video, found through krea_frobro747 on Twitter, appeals to me because it View Post
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Posted in communication, education, learning, Uncategorized
Tagged education, learning, reading
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Styles in MS Word – A Jing Video
I’m attending the PBWorks Camp for teachers, and this is my homework for my second week, a screencast made using Jing on how Styles in MS Word can help in writing long pieces such as academic papers or business reports: 2009-07-02_1211 I re-did this a number of times, dealing with – fitting what I wanted View Post
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Posted in communication, education, howto, learning, screencast, teaching writing, technology, Uncategorized, wiki, word-processing, writing
Tagged business, communication, education, Jing, learning, wiki, Word, word-processing, WorkLiteracy
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Twitter Means Business
I’m ambivalent about my title because I use Twitter mainly for learning, communication, and entertainment. I recognize, however, that business is becoming increasingly a part of Twitter. I recently posted a picture on TwitPic … and commented that it reminded me of a Liberty print. (I have fond memories of a dress made from material View Post
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Posted in ads, business, communication, digital economy, learning, socialmedia, social_web, Twitter, web2.0, webtools
Tagged business, learning, socialmedia, Twitter, WorkLiteracy
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Querulous Question #1
All the brouhaha about financial game playing and our perilous financial system has brought a question to my mind: why do we talk about wages with percentages? % If someone, A, making $20,000. gets a 5% raise, that’s $1000.00 dollars and they now make $21,000. If someone, B, making $200,000. gets the same percentage, 5%, View Post
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Posted in business, communication, organizing_information, research
Tagged business, communication, WorkLiteracy
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MagNet '09
I GO-trained into Toronto today to attend some sessions at the MagNet ’09 Conference. I was really impressed with the excellent level of organization and with the high quality of the two sessions I attended, a session with a panel of literary agents answering questions and a session with Harry van Bommel on self-publishing. Both View Post
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Posted in communication, PowerPoint, research, Search, Skitch, social_bookmarking, tagging, tips, webtools, Zotero
Tagged MagNet09, PowerPoint, research, Toronto
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