More and more, Twitter is being leveraged by marketers. If you haven't yet been contacted based on a tweet you've sent, it's only a matter of time! This podcast includes snippets of an interview I recently had with Devin Hughes, a member of the marketing team at Wetpaint, who contacted me based on Twitter chatter regarding our e-book project at Twitter for Teachers.
How did my genes come to be at the G20 Summit? Well, my twin brother, Todd Lucier is over there as one of 50 global bloggers invited by G20 Voice to cover the event. What a coup! Here Todd explains what blogging is all about, and though many of the bloggers there know this, his explanation serves to contrast the differences between traditional journalism, and online journalism.
How Todd came to be in London, and what he's discovering about social media, made a good audio story for CBC Radio: Sudbury.
Coincidentally, this explanation is exactly what was missed when I attended "The Future of News" with another brother, Tom Lucier, earlier this week in Windsor.
As a teacher; learner; consultant; speaker; and collaborator, I'm on the lookout for opportunities to engage in meaningful conversations with others who see themselves as learners. Professional development; project based learning; and Creative Commons are topics that are always on my radar.