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A few weeks ago I posted a security update with twitter about changing your settings to https. Just recently I realized facebook made a similar update, so I made a walk-through video to help you make the changes. Why change to https? Without sounding too nerdy non https sites can be compromised if you use open wifi. Even [...]

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I just made a small update to the Twitter Guide for Student Affairs Professionals. Recently twitter enabled HTTPS for more secure browsing. Without sounding too geeky about what HTTPS is, just know that using open wifi access you twitter account (and facebook) can be accessed by others if this is not enabled. To fix it [...]

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This podcast has a brief history lesson in online bulletin boards, talk of back channels, millennial grades, a host disconnected, callers, and we did not even get to talk about Rey’s book or mention in the Huffington Post. Follow Rey on Twitter Read Rey’s Blog

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I took some time yesterday to watch @EdCabellon’s interview with @ReyJunco from July 12th at Tufts University. The pair talked about social media, student engagement, and how Student Affairs professionals can integrate social media into their work and student outreach. One idea that stuck out for me was that of best practices in social media. [...]

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A few of the classes that will be part of our summer academic schedule began to leak out the other day, and a few students expressed concern. Several of them are wanting to maximize their course load for the summer session, and the one course that fit our degree plan didn’t generate excitement. Flash forward [...]

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I work with social media daily in my job, so I was very excited when I saw this recent Mashable post on How Twitter Can Boost Classroom Engagement. (Sidenote: Mashable is a great website overall for Social Media information. I’d suggest a bookmark.) I was happy the article not only talked about how students are [...]

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On one of the first days of my graduate course on student development theory, our professor told us that we would have to work hard in her class. She challenged us to move beyond just reading and memorizing. We were expected to dig deep, really look at and review these theories — successful application and [...]

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UPDATE: Sometime late last night SA changed their awards categories. You can vote for Education here. Last night I was looking at the Shorty Awards nomination in the Education category and was disappointed with the absence of educators on the list. I know “education” is a broad terms and I am sure all the nominees [...]

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Last week I shared a link about a Truman State University student that sent an anti-Semitic message on twitter. The message said “Can we go on a jew killing spree soon? i need to release some anger and jews are always worthy targets.” You can find more information on this story here. There are the [...]

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