Greetings, USEFREESMS is a free, online, text messaging service. Do you use SMS or text messaging? I do but not a lot. I like the concept but hate having to use a tiny mobile device. Even my iPhone which is probably more user friendly then most is a pain to use. I much rather employ [...]

Greetings, MY TOP TWEETS is an online app that will show a user’s most Retweeted Tweets. Today’s app, MY TOP TWEETS, is a simple to use yet interesting Twitter analytics tool. It will analyze a users’s Twitter feed (the last 3200 Tweets) and display those Tweets which have been Retweeted the most. The belief is [...]

Greetings, TWEETSHEET is an easy to use, Twitter visualization tool. There is no lack of tools and apps that will take Twitter stats and convert them into a cute graphic or animation such as Twitter Streamgraphs or my favourite, IS Parade. More often then not however, these visualization tools are great for creating “eye candy” [...]

Greetings, CORKBOARDME is a simple, online bulletin board app Sometimes, the easiest way to encourage reluctant colleagues to use technology is to pick a virtual app which looks and functions just like a familiar class room object, such as a bulletin board. Is there a teacher in the Western Hemisphere who has not pinned a [...]

Greetings, TWITDRIP is a web app that allows users to send pre-written or cached Twitter messages (Tweets) at scheduled intervals. Twitter is great for sharing links and resources or sending event notifications. It’s easy to use and quick. Unfortunately, Twitter messages or Tweets are also easy to miss if sent when users are not online. [...]

Greetings, GROUPTWEET is a free service which allows several people to “Tweet” through one Twitter account. Twitter is a fantastic tool for communicating news and events but, it does have limitations. Here’s an example. On Dec 3, 2011 several colleagues and I are hosting an “EdCamp” event (sometimes know as an “un-conference”) in Maple Ridge, ...

Greetings, SOCIALMENTION is both a social media search engine and analytics tool. I’m never sure how seriously to take the results provided by web sites which claim to measure my influence on the web, social media, Twitter, etc.. Especially from today’s site, SOCIALMENTION. I’ll admit however that the problem may be mine. I’m probably whining ...

Greetings, TWEETSENTIMENTS is a Twitter analytics tool with a unique difference. Ever heard of a Twitter Sentiment analysis tool? I hadn’t. It’s a tool which determines if a person is naughty or nice based on their Twitter post. When I discovered this analysis tool, my first thought was, “You can’t be serious. Does anyone really care?” ...

Greetings, TWTRLAND is a free web tool for gathering Twitter information. Do you Tweet? If so then you’ve had to grapple with the age-old Twitter conundrum. Do you have to follow someone who follows you? I don’t, so please don’t take offence. It’s nothing personal. My Twitter feed is part of my PLN (Personal/Professional Learning Network), the ...

Greetings, TIME, TIDE AND THE NET is an amazing speech about the power of Social Media from a most unlikely source. How about something different on this Labour Day Monday? For many teachers, it’s the last day of summer holidays before school resumes. It’s also a day filled with emotion: happiness and anticipation to be returning to class [...]