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In this new age of technology, social media is one of the biggest influences on pop culture, politics, and news around the world. Educational innovations are now being shared in numerous ways through the internet every single second of the day! In my opinion, this is probably the best thing that ever happened to the education world.Within the past five years of my teaching experience, I've seen an explosion of social media sites being used as progressive outlets for sharing resources, ideas, news, and announcements to communicate with students, teachers, staff, and parents. Ideas are circulating the world and helping educators become better at their jobs. Some of the most popular social media sites are Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram . Created in 2004, Facebook is considered a veteran in the internet world. It has survived through the years despite the popularity of newer sites. According to Our World in Data, Facebook has 2.4 billion users, making it the largest social medi

Hello blogger enthusiasts and fellow peers,  Staying organized on the web is an art. I recently learned about feed readers, which is a whole new concept for me, but life-changing in every sense of the word (praise hands in the air). I've been searching for the most effective and convenient feed reader online for the past few days and found some pretty incredible stuff. As I googled "feed reader" I automatically got a list of the top feed readers, but one in particular caught my attention: Google Reader !!! I was extremely excited for this one since I love having everything together in one system and Google is my go to for everything related to my professional career and graduate studies. To my disappointment, Google Reader has been discontinued (silently weeping). Google did provide a list of the best alternatives and I decided to browse the top selections. I searched through Feedly , Inoreader , Tiny Tiny RSS , and The Old Reader . They all seem to have similar uses an