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How content curation helps social media publishing

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As a social media manager, you’re probably aware of many of the pains that come with staying visible online and managing many social media channels at once. Luckily, there’s an answer to the woes of social media publishing: content curation. Here are 5 problems that social media publishers face and how content curation helps alleviate the pain. Continue reading →

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Here’s another great blogging-related article for today. I’m an advocate of content curation–you reading this article on my blog is an example of this. This article provides good tips about how you should approach the content you want to curate.
–techcommgeekmom 

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Getty makes 40 million stock photos available for free | Photography | Creative Bloq

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Go to http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/embed and click the blue link: “Search images available to embed”

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Thanks to RJ Jacquez for sharing this. This is good news for all bloggers! Good images are as important as text when writing blog content. I know that I’ll be definitely taking advantage of this more often going forward!
–techcommgeekmom 

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New All-Digital Curriculums Hope to Ride High-Tech Push in Schoolrooms

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Amplify, part of News Corporation, is one of many companies releasing all-digital curriculums for sale to school districts.

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Great article from the New York Times about how technology–especially mobile–is making its way more and more into school curriculums. An encouraging article for m-learning, for sure!

–techcommgeekmom

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9 Old-Fashioned Tech Terms You Still Use Today

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Here are nine ancient, obsolete tech terms, such as “dial” and “tune in,” that we still say all the time.

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Another interesting article about term usage. I don’t know so much that they are "tech" terms, since they were all highly mainstream for a long time, but it’s interesting to see which ones have stuck around. I think the only one I have never used at all is "clicker", but other than that one, I still use all the others. Read for the rest of them. 

–techcommgeekmom

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Grammatical Diversity in North American English | Content Rules, Inc.

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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Val Swisher has posted a fantastic article about localization that goes beyond mere translation. I share Val’s interest in this, and find these types of linguistic studies fascinating. She spells it out well in this article. A must-read. 

–techcommgeekmom

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