Facebook Quiely Sets Facebook.com as Default Email

All Facebook users now have a default @facebook.com email address until it's manually changed.
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Mashable

Great source for everything Social Media. Welcome to my new bloggers!
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A Google BLOG about BLOGing

Blogger Buzz is a BLOG about BLOGing. It includes tips on how to use blogspot.

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Storytelling Lessons from Bill Cosby via Presentation Zen

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Socializing in the world of Social Networks

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Today, blogging and social networking often go together (well, blogging is tied to social networking, but social networking is not about blogging) (I mean to bloggers and blog readers – today bloggers tend to be the blog readers – most often if you are blogging about blogging). Interaction plays an important role in social networks. In twitter, Interaction takes the form of many different thing.  read more... 

Assignments - June 20 - July 30, 2011

Assignments over the next 5 weeks:

1. do your research and post on your BLOG a minimum of 3 times each week for at least 15 by our next weekend

2. read and comment on your team-mates BLOG weekly and also read and comment on every other class member's BLOG during the 5 weeks

3. read and review our class BLOG - I will be making a couple of entries every week so check it weekly - http://inforesearching.blogspot.com/

4. review info on Creative Commons, (posted on class BLOG)

5. review PresentationZen material: book, video, info posted on http://www.inforesearching.com on class web page

6. gather at least 25-30 images that are related to your topic for your BLOG and preparing for your presentation

I will also be reviewing and commenting on your BLOGs. If you have any questions, be sure to let me know.