m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

My newest social media project at Allstate is FrienderBenders.com. We wanted to create a site that shows how bad driving habits can contribute to accidents, but in a fun and engaging way — without preaching at people. Who wants more preaching? Not me! So here’s the promotional video. The video outtakes are funny. If you [...]

Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips – self explanatory
Jott – [via: LifeRemix/LifeDev] transcribes voice messages you phone in. Maybe you’ve already used it?? You can call in and send email, text messages, messages to a group, or even content to your blog or twitter. Looks cool. Note: the terms of service prohibit repeatedly calling in [...]

Web Strategy by Jeremiah – check out his post for today, the questions corporations ask about social media.
Social Media Today – check out IT Flower and whitepaper.
good images with these posts.

Tonight while watching a movie on FX, I saw a commercial for Ford Fusion. In the commercial, they quoted comments by Yahoo Autos users. They didn’t refer to the users by name, but they did put their comments in quotes.
I don’t watch a bunch of TV. Is this use of site comments [...]

Josh over at Bokardo explains Why iTunes Needs an Album Only Enema. He has been a long-time U2 fan and the only way he can get 3 new songs is to buy the entire album of songs he already has in his collection.
I noticed this same issue recently when I was looking at Tim [...]

Looks like I’ve been asleep at the blog…
I just found Odeo — a social networking audio site. Users can record posts online or by phone and even share them with friends or in iTunes. Plus, users can tag posts and subscribe to different users’ RSS feeds, as well as comment on what others have [...]

From academic coach comes the story of Badger, an ABD grad student faced with extreme debt and a dying husband. Please make a donation.
Academic coach has set up a Fund For Mr. Badger’s Cancer Treatment
Badger, An awesome ABD who posts pseudonymously as Badger has only a short time left with her husband. Mr. [...]

I’ve been checking out edublogs.org this evening as the Missouri Writing Project Network thought it would be good to create a blog to use as a networking tool for WP teachers. Andy and I are leading the blog project. We just need to test things and see how we like it before we [...]

The blogosphere is rich in resources for people who want to get started.
About Blogs
Weblogs defined by Jill Walker at jill/txt
How Blogs Work by Ken Smith
Blogging vs. Posting by Will R. at Weblogg-ed
Using the Tools
How to Use Bloglines by betterdays (tip Ken Smith)
RSS for Educators by Will R. at Weglogg-ed
How to Set-up an Account at Flickr [...]

One of the texts we’re reading for the Missouri Writing Project this month is, Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. One of the pages that I’ve had a sticky note on quotes research from D.E. Freeman and Y.S. Freeman, Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1994, [...]