Current Event #2 - Twitter Hoax

When we were first given this assignment, I wasn't really sure about where I would hear web 2.0 mentioned in the media.  Apparently I just wasn't thinking, as it seems in the last week there was news about the new facebook changes and the hoax about them charging, reports of pet-nappings from the information on facebook pages, and discussions by the NFL and NHL on how to deal with players interacting with fans on twitter.  There was also this interesting news piece about the NASA satellite, and how one Alberta man was inspired to tweet parts of the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds in relation to the satellite.  I teach War of the Worlds to my grade 10 class, and they often make comments like "people are so stupid" because they fell for the broadcast...I look forward to discussing this with them next time!  I think my new motto may be "If you tweet it, they will come"!!!
Calgary filmmaker behind NASA space junk Twitter hoax

Current Event #1 - paper.li

This week I took part in an online learning event with Dr. Joyce Valenza.  My brain is overflowing with ideas from the session, but one that seemed like an immediate “must do” was signing up for a few paper.li subscriptions.  

Paper.li is an curation service that compiles relevant articles and links from twitter into a daily ‘newspaper’ that is emailed to you.  You can subscribe to papers that include information from the people you follow or from the information that includes a particular hash tag.  Some of the # papers suggested for teacher-librarians are #tlchat and #edtech.

I have found this to be a great way to access  some of the wonderful ideas that are available on twitter without spending hours searching for them!  I would recommend subscribing to any paper.li papers that correspond with your personal or professional interests.