Category Archives: Social Media

Facebook for Teachers

Posted on May 16, 2011 by John

Last Saturday I attended, and presented at, the ICT in Education conference which was attended by, I believe, over 160 people (mainly teachers) who have a real passion about using ICT as part of their teaching.

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Adding a ‘tab’ to your Facebook Page

Posted on April 13, 2011 by John

Facebook recently announced that FB users will no longer be able to add Static FBML applications (like ‘tabs’) to their (business) pages and that users should instead be using iFrame applications. So how do you create an iFrame application?

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Foursquare 3.0 has arrived

Posted on March 9, 2011 by John

The Foursquare team have rolled out a new version of their client which now has an “Explore” tab

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Adding Facebook comments to your WordPress site

Posted on March 7, 2011 by John

Facebook has updated its Comments Plugin for websites. Here’s how to integrate it into your WordPress blog.

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Are you an administrator of a Facebook page? Read on.

Posted on March 4, 2011 by John

If you have been added as an administrator to a facebook page and if that page is deemed by facebook to be behaving inappropriately then your facebook account could be disabled. Continue reading →

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Social Media Marketing is not free #fact

Posted on March 3, 2011 by John

Social Media marketing takes people, time and technology – all of which are limited resources. The “time cost” is borne out in the latest 2011 Irish Digital Media Marketing Survey where 64% of the 400+ Irish marketers that participated in the … Continue reading →

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Is autoposting all it’s cracked up to be?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by John

Today during Social Media practicals at Tipperary Institute we were exploring autoposting features in Amplify.com, Posterous and Tumblr. Specifically we wanted to enable autoposting to a Facebook page as apposed to a profile.

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Using amplify.com to autopost to a facebook page

Posted on February 28, 2011 by John

This post was originally titled “Autoposting to a facebook page from Amplify.com doesn’t work”. Then I saw the “Autopost to:” panel that appears when you are writing a post on amplify and guess what? My facebook page is listed. See this … Continue reading →

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Oh so many social networks

Posted on February 24, 2011 by John

They say in Ireland that if you don’t like the weather just wait a while, it will change. The same may be true of Social Networking.

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Storify, the new paper.li?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by John

Storify is a new social media service that is in private beta at the moment that offers you the ability to “create stories using social media”. According to their FAQ: “You search multiple social networks from one place, and then … Continue reading →

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