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http://technorati.com/blogging/article/who-bloggers-brands-and-consumers-day/

WHO: Bloggers, Brands and Consumers – Day 1 SOTB 2010 – Technorati Blogging via kwout

Technorati’s annual state of the Blogosphere points to some significant trends. The most significant is that the corporate world has recognized the impact of Blogs and are now focusing a great deal of effort in this space. The hobbyist blogger is no longer posting as much as they had in the past choosing to spend more time with family or use micro-blogging and social networking instead.

Is the move by the leading edge hobbyist toward twitter and social networking surprising? Of course not, nor is the fact that the corporate world is embracing a technology just when the leader edgers are moving onto the next big thing.

This is a phenomenal report filled with easy to follow charts and lots of valuable information and is a must see.

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http://chronicle.com/article/Facebook-The-New-Classroom/48575/

Facebook: The New Classroom Commons? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout

It is very unfortunate that Harriet L. Schwartz’s, assistant professor of professional leadership at Carlow University, post in the Chronicle of Higher Education is only accessible through a paid subscription because she makes a very well reasoned argument for using facebook in the learning environment. Its where your learners are–and most everyone else.

When my 60 something sister, my wifes 70 something parents and all just about everyone else I know is “friending” me in Facebook I guess I too will have to move from being a passive intermittent user of Facebook and meeting my social network where they are at.

Reminder to self — do not renew Chronicle of Higher Education subscription–this content should be free.