Privacy & You (& Facebook): new session for UGA

 Privacy and You, December 14 10am-12n here at Training and Development.(Note this class is open to UGA staff & faculty only - if you are not a UGA employee and are interested in a class, please contact me. I will be teaching an open class on privacy in late December)“Do you know how to keep your social media content from going out to the whole world? We'll focus on practical tips for controlling what you post to the web via social media sites, how to use public wifi safely and how to use social media web sites securely.

managing digital content in classrooms (free webinar)

for those who might be interested...---------- ----------Live Webinar: How to Manage Growing Digital Content Needs Through VirtualizationFrom New York to Oregon, Florida to Utah, and more states are passing legislation in an effort to move toward digital content in K-12 and higher education. As electronic media take center stage and textbooks become a thing of the past, K-20 educators are seeking engaging ways to motivate students to learn.Despite the advantages of this quantum leap forward, questions remain about the best strategies for managing such a complex transition.

Gmail: search & limit by date, exclude google buzz & more

If you've ever tried to search through 300 (or egads - 3000+) GMail emails, then you know how challenging the "never delete" idea is. Sorting is not really part of the GMail world (there is some sorting, but it rather limited). I usually build the search in the search box (similar to oldschool command line searching).

How to create a Google+ badge for your website (or blogger)

I used this very nifty little tool at widgetsplus to create a Google+ badge.
  • Get your Google+ ID. (the easiest way is to login to Google+ Your ID number is the long string of numbers For example my public profile is http://plus.google.com/109563226758360576597; the ID number is that bit at the end.

Digital identity, privacy, social media best practices

Whew, a huge topic to cover in 2 hours (kind of text heavy in a couple of spots but they get slides too):[googleapps domain="docs" dir="present/embed" query="id=dkcxvp2_2433g9vfwrg4" width="410" height="342" /]last session of the web2.0/social media training program...

Free E conference using social media to promote digital photos

"Welcome to ATLAS! Using Social Media to Promote Digital Photos"Alliance Library System(ALS) and LearningTimes are pleased to announce n online conference to debut ATLAS, a new set of social media tools to promote history and digital photographs. The conference will beheld online using Adobe Connect on Monday June 29 from 9:00 A.M. –11:00 A.M. There is no charge for this exciting conference.ATLAS (Alliance’s Trail to Learning-Casts and Syndicated Sites) is a new set of social media tools ALS is using to promote information and photographs about Illinois history.

Creating a social media policy (Free webinar)

You do know that if you work for a public university or publicly funded library, you are a government employee, right? ;-)Designing Social Media Policy for Government: Eight Essential ElementsInstructors:    Jana Hrdinova (Center for Technology in Government) & Giovanni Carnaroli (Dept.of Transportation)Government agencies are increasingly looking to leverage social media to improve the quality of government services and elicit greater citizen engagement.
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