I don’t like to brag or anthing, but the credibility of my blog is growing. I was looking through the referring sites to my blog and I found that I have been cited as a source in a debate about video games. As a former collegiate debater at Northern Illinois University, I was thrilled to be included in as a source.
Debate.org | Video games have had an overall positive impact on society. via kwout
I realize that this is just some guy borrowing my blog post to help support an argument and that my post has know actual authority to it beyond my personal experience, but the reason I do this blog thing is to be a part of the internet community and share what I am thinking. So, it is exciting when what you are sharing is used and shared by others. It makes the world feel smaller and make me feel like a member of a larger community.
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I was surfing through my referrers in the data I collect for how people get my blog and I often see that google.ca is a referrer. So, I decided to follow the referring link back, and I found that was again the top search result for Google for a certain topic.
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According to a site I recently was introduced by EdTech Weekly, Typealyzer, my blog was analyzed and I am a performer!
Typealyzer via kwout
I am not sure how many links deep the site goes, but currently I have two posts about American Idol on my blog front page, so that may have contributed the analysis. The site also gives a projected brain analysis:
Typealyzer via kwout
Overall, I thought this site was pretty cool and I may use it on some of my friends.
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I found today that someone had started a site called lzhsnews.com which will have news of Lake Zurich High School (which is where I work). One of the news stories is that I have a blog. I was very flattered by the comments the author made about my blog and it made me glad that I have made a more concerted effort to occasionally update it. Here is the story:
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Today’s good thing was seeing that when you search Google for presidential swing set, my blog comes up first. I never thought I would see the day that my blog would be #1 on Google for any search, but there ya go.
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I have recently become very interested in the phenomenon that is Twitter. I don’t know exactly how yet, but I believe that Twitter will, and is, changing the world. I started using Twitter in my classroom and in the letter I sent to my parents I expound on Twitter’s virtues, so I don’t want to rehash all of them here, but here is a link to that post which lists several of Twitter’s uses.
What I find most compelling about Twitter is its real time nature. As news or events happen you can find out instantly. This might be as mundane as your friend going to the grocery store or as big as a plane crashing into the Hudson river.
Twitter broke the story first and this is Continue Reading…
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I made a Facebook badge today. Try not to be too impressed, here it is:
So, you may be asking yourself, “Why would I want a Facebook badge?” Well… Continue Reading…
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