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These Kids Are 3D-Printing Their Education | TechCrunch

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“A group of junior high and high school students in Cambridge, Mass., are part of an experimental education program that aims to prove they’re capable of solving real-world problems early with the help of 3D printers, Arduino and group collaboration.”

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a fun article that talks about the use of 3D printing and other STEM activities in the classroom. I wish I had access to this sort of thing when I was a kid! Check it out.

–techcommgeekmom

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Hot Lead to Hot Technology: Whither Technical Communication?

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This month I was called in to assist on a technical-writing project that uses old technology. Really old technology. Which got me to thinking: the variety of output formats for our content, the num…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a great article by a friend of this blog, Larry Kunz. He talks about the evolution of using different technologies over the past few decades to today, and questions the direction we are going with all these tools. It’s an insightful conversation starter. After reading this, what do you think?  I think Larry asks the same questions that I often think about myself when thinking about tools and tech comm. 

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Dealing with burnout

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In 2006, I lucked into a sweet gig. It involved writing weekly articles about technology for a site affiliated with an electronics retailer. The pay was pretty good and I had quite a bit of freedom…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

There’s some good advice in here. I admit that I get burnt out easily at times as well, and I have to take a step back. Believe it or not, there is more to life than writing. You have to live life every once in a while, and there are people who are depending on me outside of my blog as well. Take a look…

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Nine Things You Should Expect From Your Social Media Strategist

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This week I read an article on Digiday titled, Confessions of a social media strategist. The article was published by an anonymous author who works at “one of the leading digital agencies in New York

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a really good article that I found on LinkedIn. The author’s point in this article is that social media is not merely tweeting out advertisements for a company, but rather a true strategy needs to be put in place to create a community and build branding confidence. It seems common sense, but you’d be surprised. Read the article for more details on how this is achieved. 

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Social media is a Dirty Job, and Mike Rowe explains it cleanly.

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mike-roweSomeone that I like to follow on Facebook is Mike Rowe. Some of you might know him as the host of the TV program, “Dirty Jobs” and countless voiceovers on other TV programs. He’s an interesting person because publicly, he does his best not to take political sides, and tries to promote the idea that there are a lot of skilled labor jobs out there waiting to be taken, even if they are “dirty jobs”. His big cause is helping people find work, and who can argue with that? He’s the advocate for the regular person doing regular jobs, and living a regular life. He’s incredibly well-spoken, and as such, he’s a compelling speaker (look up his TED talks).

Today he posted something on his Facebook feed which I felt incredibly compelling, and shows the power of social media at its finest. Many of these reasons are what I find to be the best about social media in general, not just about Facebook.  Read Mike’s entry below, as it was posted on his Facebook page. Continue reading “Social media is a Dirty Job, and Mike Rowe explains it cleanly.” →