News for today's 2018: 07/09/12

Review: PointsPlus Fitness Series

6:43 PM Tukiyooo 0

I am so proud to report that I have been consistently working out for almost a year and a half now... quickly approaching 2 years in November.  I have not consistently stuck to working out this long ever in my life.  Sure, I might be a 230ish pound female, but I work out every week!  Clearly, I have that part of my healthiness journey down.  Consistency with eating well is lacking, but I'm <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/search/label/No%20Sugar%20Challenge" target="_blank">working on improving it</a>.<br /><br />Over the last several weeks, Weight Watchers has been sponsoring a get-active event called LiveLifeActive.  Beginning in June, if you record your activity within eTools, somehow you're eligible to win prizes.  They've also offered discounts on all of their fitness products, for which I took full advantage. <i> (Sidenote: Last year WW hosted a 5K walk called the Weight Watchers Walk-it Day Challenge - I thought this was soooo much better!)</i><br /><br />While I'm not a huge yogi - I'm not opposed to it - I do enjoy my <a href="http://www.gaiam.com/product/am-pm+yoga+conditioning+for+weight+loss+dvd.do" target="_blank">Gaiam Yoga for Weight Loss</a> DVD.  I've never had a yoga mat before so I picked up the WW version, which boasts a bit larger size than your average yoga mat.  I also purchased the WW activity DVD that offers 5 DVDs with 5 different styles of workouts. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBtn4XYGZK1N_Ilg49G_Ma9ud4sbwig-TmGysn6i_2w69QHiQcSMGYr-vid_mfPcbvu5pdzM52y6ZwLJHqZq5O_Jnzpyv7mYRcsTJKoCHBNFjNoHjkUNoJxo-FBQ2WWtc6lMhLsf5-GU/s1600/jennifer+cohen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBtn4XYGZK1N_Ilg49G_Ma9ud4sbwig-TmGysn6i_2w69QHiQcSMGYr-vid_mfPcbvu5pdzM52y6ZwLJHqZq5O_Jnzpyv7mYRcsTJKoCHBNFjNoHjkUNoJxo-FBQ2WWtc6lMhLsf5-GU/s320/jennifer+cohen.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/weight-watchers-points-plus-fitness-series-dvd-set-geared-for-all-fitness-levels" target="_blank">Source</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I mistakenly thought that because these were WW workout DVDs, the intensity of them would probably be on the low side.  Well, I'm sure they're no comparison to Jillian's Shred, but these DVDs are tough!  So far I've done them all at least once, but have done the Core Cardio DVD twice.  Every single time I have walked away sore.  The length of the workouts range from 30 min to just under 40 minutes.  Each of them offer an express workout option as well. <br /><br />The 5 workouts are:<br /><br /><ol><li>Total Body Cardio Stretch: yoga-like</li><li>Upper Body Boot Camp: lots of weight moves</li><li>Lower Body Interval Training</li><li>Core Cardio</li><li>Cardio Basic </li></ol>This is the basic layout of every DVD.  Imagine a little timer bar in the lower right corner of the screen.  The girl on our right is always doing the lower intensity modifications.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz590_cblf0AssjabDC8pFghfBEg3XAMEDv4lU7oB-PNhcte2j5ckpT7d2vKV-rvg9A5oAGI2pQZCO0R4uTvfASIXjkoFCyJjUDgL3oCoihWuh_spCDRQRJgD6iMrSNd8JwMSAHbR3Ss0/s1600/DVD+Jen+Cohen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz590_cblf0AssjabDC8pFghfBEg3XAMEDv4lU7oB-PNhcte2j5ckpT7d2vKV-rvg9A5oAGI2pQZCO0R4uTvfASIXjkoFCyJjUDgL3oCoihWuh_spCDRQRJgD6iMrSNd8JwMSAHbR3Ss0/s320/DVD+Jen+Cohen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The things I enjoy about these workouts are:<br /><ul><li>Cool little timer bar that runs across the bottom, showing you how long you have left.</li><li>The modifications of the workouts that tailor to someone who is more advanced to someone just beginning.</li><li>The length of the total workout.</li><li>The soreness afterward!</li><li>The moves are not difficult to grasp.  So, if you don't feel very coordinated, like myself, the moves are not complex and are easy to follow along with.</li></ul>The things I <i>don't</i> enjoy about these workouts:<br /><ul><li>The moves are too repetitive.  For example, you might be lunging for 2-3 solid minutes on the same leg before you switch.  I find that's a long time to remain with the same exercise, especially if you're trying to keep up with them - I get really tired.  Not only that, but it gets boring.  Now, since results are what we're going for, the challenge is appreciated.  However, it does make me dread the workouts a bit because I know I'll be doing lunges (or whatever exercise) for what seems an endless amount of time.  Other exercise DVDs are really great about keeping things moving (The Wave, for example).</li><li>One particular move in some of the DVD's is sort of like a plank, but you walk yourself into a plank position.  These are extremely tough!  I also get very lightheaded when doing them, so I only do one and try to do a different move while the trainers proceed with those moves.  </li></ul><b style="color: #351c75;">What's your favorite workout DVD and why? </b>

COLOMBIA and the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

5:04 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXk5cOlU2ww9OQ66b5wFkSwxYOPLT3RfdNcAHsY3NwPcDIZooFz5dP0Blnk_ZODCpknMbeeq51-dIE5o_Vy_t-uoZzkPs0taRhiYPQ5NoJugR9IEM5Beo-TS-iXEEGfhS22_KQHyirCdr/s1600/Flag-Pins-Colombia-United-Arab-Emirates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXk5cOlU2ww9OQ66b5wFkSwxYOPLT3RfdNcAHsY3NwPcDIZooFz5dP0Blnk_ZODCpknMbeeq51-dIE5o_Vy_t-uoZzkPs0taRhiYPQ5NoJugR9IEM5Beo-TS-iXEEGfhS22_KQHyirCdr/s320/Flag-Pins-Colombia-United-Arab-Emirates.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: red; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ARMED FORCES MANPOWER “OUTSOURCING”</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If enlisting “foreign” soldiers, not mercenaries, in one’s own armed forces becomes a trend setter, as it seems to be in certain regions of the globe, it will have a consequence on the outcome of future conflicts, because it will change the way current armies are structured and run. It will also bear challenges for the intercultural communication within the armed forces. New evolving geopolitical scenarios will require armies to change their current attitudes towards recruiting criteria which traditionally focus on citizens without immigrant background as well as men and women who are of the predominant faith of the country. Even ISRAEL is currently debating of drafting orthodox Jews as well as ARAB ISRAELIS for compulsory military service. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk4AY0L-7o1tJbyBLQ8V69cHCBSp80F4GrINIy8zm7W1wgy4B9CgtQjNcvFt8nfwIuc03KIEtMuLsJMPrF5sI5DcjrlOiT0ANo-pT9ffqHhCJPp2vdBQuc0XlAoM2EwT_qdXOtsr2Ukm9/s1600/Dubai-Bogota-flight-path.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk4AY0L-7o1tJbyBLQ8V69cHCBSp80F4GrINIy8zm7W1wgy4B9CgtQjNcvFt8nfwIuc03KIEtMuLsJMPrF5sI5DcjrlOiT0ANo-pT9ffqHhCJPp2vdBQuc0XlAoM2EwT_qdXOtsr2Ukm9/s400/Dubai-Bogota-flight-path.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">is seeking to enlist 3,000 COLOMBIAN soldiers in the oil-rich ARAB country's armed forces, <a href="http://www.semana.com/nacion/exmilitares-patria-emiratos-arabes/179892-3.aspx" target="_blank">weekly Semana reported Sunday</a>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to the weekly, 842 COLOMBIAN soldiers and retired soldiers have already joined the UAE army which is paying salaries up to ten times what the COLOMBIAN state pays the members of its armed forces.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: blue; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">HIGHER SALARIES ABROAD ARE DRAINING THE ARMY OF ITS BEST MEN AND WOMEN</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The transfer of soldiers to the foreign army is causing unease among COLOMBIA’S military commanders because the military fears the higher salaries abroad are draining the army of its best men and women.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"They have recruited soldiers with a lot of combat experience, valuable men with years of service in which the Army invested a lot in terms of training," an anonymous general told Semana.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Without a doubt, this is a loss for the army, but there isn't much we can do because it is by no means illegal," the military official added.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: blue; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">NOT BLACKWATER MERCENARIES - DIRECT CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UAE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to the weekly, the COLOMBIANS are making in between $2,800 and $18,000 in the UAE depending on the rank. In COLOMBIA, a soldier earns $530 a month on average.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The <b>New York Times</b> reported in May 2011 that the <a href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16267-colombian-mercenaries-active-in-united-arab-emirates-nyt.html" target="_self">UAE hired Colombian soldiers as mercenaries</a> through a company <a href="http://www.academi.com/"></a>, led by <b>Erik Prince</b>, the founder of controversial private security company <b>Blackwater</b>. Note by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring: The company in question is called </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ACADEMI <a href="http://www.academi.com/">http://www.academi.com</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9393006-former-blackwater-security-firm-changes-name-again?lite">http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9393006-former-blackwater-security-firm-changes-name-again?lite</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to a COLOMBIAN former colonel -- now in charge of recruiting compatriots for the UAE Army -- the 800 Colombians currently active in the ARAB peninsula are not part of a mercenary army, but hired directly by the armed forces.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"What is happening now is different than before. We are no mercenaries. The contract of the people who travel is directly with the government of the [UNITED] ARAB EMIRATES," the anonymous colonel said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The COLOMBIAN ex-official said the UAE are investing in their military defence because the government "noticed that several threats have made them vulnerable."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: blue; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES: POSSIBLE BORDER CONFLICT WITH IRAN</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to the former colonel, the COLOMBIANS' responsibilities "range from urban defence against terrorist attacks to the control of civil uprisings and even being prepared for a possible border conflict with IRAN."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin: 11.25pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is one of the few countries in the MIDDLE EAST that has not been affected by the "ARAB SPRING," a wave of revolutionary social unrest that forced four rulers in the region from power.</span></span></div>

COLOMBIA and the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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30 days of Web Tools: #4: Curating with Paper.li

3:13 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />Have you discovered, like me, that Twitter is a very beneficial way of learning from a  PLN (Personal Learning Community)? I find most of my ideas stem from my educational Twitter community. Every day I come across an educational newspaper that has been created by a PLN member using Paper.Li and their Twitter feeds so I decided it was time to try it out for myself.</span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><h3>      <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />What is Paper.li?</b></span></h3></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWnfFD1vmlgFBCTS-rncsG2cmxH_GZoMrFc8O4Lsgt-i9RZ3YmbY-YtzAtH7W61YTaJDupJ3MeLDpt0d1QTedtx0C99ybbPULHFmRfNwq_BwE9X-ay4NEUfASlOVPxUcY85HUC-ztKN0/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgq_Julq0MNrB4I-1qPvDRoYrRVgHNBBvuSKqHjzbC4rw3HXN5bndwL69uiUJYqMH0IQ4eweog-7QOBdnuszgPb15TYnDBtFGbwBeRtYP6I7Ka-jc08hQCjFNGEWB6bsCwY53gTbuDFk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Curation, as you probably know, is the new buzz word. Paper.li is a free curation tool that takes Twitter links from people you follow or specify and automatically publishes a digital newspaper on a daily or weekly basis. What happens, in more detail, is you tell it which sources to use. Paper.Li then pulls from those sources and arranges the material in different categories. Very clever!  After you have signed in you will be asked to <i>Start your paper</i>. <a href="http://paper.li/"><b>Paper.li</b></a> is a free service that takes links from the people you follow on Twitter and organizes those links into a virtual paper for easy reading. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><h3>      <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Finding sources to add</b></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZhhoWnFNz5r5VMYvXrbniaBuJDRZMZR9tD6MJU5uZJngiY28XNGHBSIUbqT1JggXYgu2ks5JP7chUgOT6boIUPDbDh1D-2I2yPNc9CdC8hiTLMxlQCnZiFXE3CUcURTEYR6Hu8G3wpU/s1600-h/image%25255B6%25255D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8DIE8hpBcuRjTzVPhw29-WN6g5LUHErjb6rcVdsgmPsdL8jLKxVCir272q_AwLNhUl-xv0Ealmj0fOt3-SBUbJIPpudoWqBvW80zec-_LLWNHPVkZFm0PalW1fvOEn7pdpUu2sQuYPo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Once you click on 'Start your paper' as shown on the right you will be required to choose your sources. One has to be choosy in who you add as your sources if you have a desired outcome for the final version. Paper.li allows you to add around 25 sources from traditional news sources, Twitter hashtags, or Twitter list feeds. I experimented about four times with this not realising that each time my Paper.Li might have been circulating among my Twitter followers! Oh dear! If that happens to you, then delete the newspaper each time when you start again because it saves automatically. </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzV_XXERsvQjbQLSdrXIMsEFyXDhlxxhPMaXcauNb3CKGuxqFygvCuwNqKl9ior0Z8PoGxjNKLsUd2rITM9HdeKJiKSxAALY0RUMxeG-fGNa-8jnP_9wRG-8MTsnAiHR6jSSTEsKG7xEU/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN85bgtqnfiIE4DF8rdl32Da7DBM9qiPEPIcKdHs0QJpVFwmWBri0Ve0JxJeZc8VyQbdUvQbD0LXeWfs5U0XSoOmhK3YqgsBUaDD7x1-Qmet71XDazr36jrk8uI2BimL5195ZGOuJtcE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The diagram on the left shows how the page looks when you are adding your various sources.At this point you have to be very selective and only choose the sources you really want to draw from. Make your selections from the left grey bar, or add your own hashtags to the window at the tip of the middle column, and drag them accross. </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><br /> </b><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">    <b style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">How to make your own Paper.li</b></h3></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So let’s get started. Give Paper.Li a try. Here is a short basic list of steps: </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Ask Google for<a href="http://paper.li/"> http://paper.li/</a><br />2. Select “Start your paper Paper”.<br />3. You will be prompted to sign in using Twitter.<br />4. Select “Create a newspaper”<br />5. Provide the sources for your paper – lists, hashtags, or twitter accounts from which you want the paper created </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />I came across a very good screencast from an educator saying how she went about making her first Paper.li so I am going to embed it here. </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="396" src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/92Ss" width="420"></iframe> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.screenr.com/92Ss" title="http://www.screenr.com/92Ss">http://www.screenr.com/92Ss</a><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><h3>      <span style="font-size: large;"><b>The structure of a Paper.li (click on the thumbnail)</b></span></h3></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://paper.li/fibeal/1341787139#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnBx4O0m8-DIx-GKihdKxTiap5h6cffWEN7MnFfPHbcFiCmptmlDZotXphWpy1r0OkGSGhXbnbSTavILzStIfHONl_wan05piwBfcEcyh32ryMiSG5xMpdO_Hi-s_DJt1_FduOniKS8Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">This picture shows how a Paper.Li turns out. Basically you don’t much say over what appears – the tweets are sourced by Paper.Li from the sources you provided. I found that I deleted a number of the tweets as they weren’t relevant to what I wanted, and then Paper.li just added another.  If you click on this thumbnail you’ll be taken to the actual paper I created which gives a good idea of the structure. If you are unsuccessful here is the URL: </span><a href="http://paper.li/fibeal/1341787139#" style="background-color: white;">http://paper.li/fibeal/1341787139#</a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><h3>      <span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to use Paper.Li as an educator</b></span></h3></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Set up a class hashtag if your school allows it.  Recognize that tweets with links to articles, videos, and images, make the best content for Paper.li. You could even create a relevant  paper a week for your students. </span></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />2. Student’s could use paper.li to create newspapers that are aligned to a particular topic. They would then have to source people who write or tweet on their topic, or a hashtag that is used for that particular topic. Here are three examples of subject specific Paper.Li’s from Lucy Grey. One is devoted to <a href="http://paper.li/elemenous/global-education">global education</a>, another to <a href="http://paper.li/elemenous/1339386897">mobile learning</a> and a third focuses on her <a href="http://paper.li/elemenous">favourite general education resources and thought leaders</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />3. You could set up a hashtag based on a Unit of work you want to cover,  and then tweet a series of web pages, videos, articles, etc. on that topic. Your students could then read your Tweet Paper for the day to get information.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Undoubtedly as you read this blogpost your mind will be jumping to ideas that are relevant and specific to you for trying out Paper.Li. Would love to hear about them!</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><h3>      <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Further reading</b></span></h3></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) A newspaper of tweets:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mullinshe.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/a-newspaper-of-tweets/">http://mullinshe.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/a-newspaper-of-tweets/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) Revisiting paper.li as a curation tool:<br /><a href="http://www.lucygray.org/weblog/2012/06/revisiting-paperli-as-a-curation-tool.html">http://www.lucygray.org/weblog/2012/06/revisiting-paperli-as-a-curation-tool.html</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) Provide students with a personalised newspaper every day<br /><a href="http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/provide-students-with-personalized.html">http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/provide-students-with-personalized.html</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4) Kate Morgan: Curating the classroom<br /><a href="http://community.paper.li/2011/10/12/kate-morgan-curating-the-classroom/">http://community.paper.li/2011/10/12/kate-morgan-curating-the-classroom/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5)How to use Paper.li</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.stayonsearch.com/how-to-use-paper-li-the-daily-twitter-newspaper">http://www.stayonsearch.com/how-to-use-paper-li-the-daily-twitter-newspaper</a></span></div></div>

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