There's been lots happening online this week. Here's just my personal run down of some of the interesting news.
It's not even April Fools Day yet, and yet this Twitter hoax managed to get a lot of mileage: Twitter to blame for economic woes.
If you want to keep up with April Fool's Day jokes, then follow April
Fools Day (AprFoolsDay) on Twitter
This Twitalyzer tool might prove useful for tracking influence and measuring success in Twitter.
For those in the UK, Twitter Blog reports full SMS Service for Vodafone UK Customers!
Twitter for education? Edmodo is a private micrblogging platform built for use by teachers and students; it has now launched Edmodo 2.0.
Still more about Twitter! YouTube Adds A Twitter Button (as reported in Techcrunch)
And of course the big news about YouTube this week, is that it has launched YouTube EDU, which aggregates the instructional videos from over 100 universities in the US. Some commentators think that this might become even bigger than iTunes U.
A couple of other interesting tools
- Hunch - helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it, and looks like it ight be on to something
- WikiRank looks at what's trending on Wikipedia
And finally, as 24 March was Ada Lovelace Day, Janet Clarey (of Brandon Hall) put together a great list of Role Models in Educational Technology. I am honoured to be part of the list, so many thanks Janet.
