Flat Classroom Project

If you wanted to examine the dead sea scrolls in the past, it would have been a challenge. These scrolls are being shared online now and allow scholars around the world to have access only afforded to exclusive scholars on a limited basis in the past.

Trend One: Social Mobile Trend Two: Socialization of Search Trend Three: Geo-Targeting of Social Media Marketing Trend Four: Social Commerce Trend Five: Social Gaming Trend Six: Global Magazine Super Blogs Trend Seven: Global Micro Niche Business

Here is the TGI cyber Monday app. This is for shopping on Monday.

Black Friday? There is an app for that. TGI Black Friday. It gives you the ads. You can download them on your iphone and Android. (OK, yes, I'm researching for shopping and sharing the good things with you.)

AS you shop, you should download the RedLaser app for your smartphone. Compare your prices while you're in the store.

Flipboard has its first catalog go live. Gilt Taste will launch on Flipboard in time for black Friday designed to "make people hungry and thirsty." (I'm finding great resources for our Flat Classroom researchers.)

So, if you want to use Twitter to find black friend deals follow both #blackfriday and #blackfridayalert . "Tweet helpful tidbits using the hashtag #blackfridayalert and others can search the tag using the Twitter widget below."

Finding it interesting that the New York Times is taking thanksgiving questions on the hashtag - you have to tweet @nytimesdining with the hashtag #ThanksgivingQs - what an interesting thing. Why not try it?

Hashonomy is an interesting website that lets you figure out related hashtags. For example, here's the hashonomy page for thanksgiving. RElated tags #lovethepie #thebigcheese and #turkeytweet - I'm not quite sure why #bookshakalaka is related but OK.

Adobe Photoshop is where you can use online tools to edit all sorts of propeties in pictures. You can also download the actual program to have access to more tools.

Dropbox is an online storage gallery where you can store documents, pictures, videos, music, etc.

Artsonia is an art website where kids from all over the world can upload their work online for everyone to see. Artsonia would be classified as a "virtual museum".

This survey shows that iPad with the $199 price tag is a 'serious" contender for the ipad. I had someone ask me about Kindle fire vs. iPad. Definitely people are comparing it.  Many people are definitely comparing the ipad to the Kindle fire although the Kindle fire has two issues that don't have anything to do with Amazon: the droid OS and the Droid app store. The droid OS still lacks in touch responsiveness from the reviews I read. The Droid app store is a lot more open but also includes more "junk" and even some privacy and virus laden things from what I hear. Does this matter to the average person who just wants a smaller device and a $199 price tag - we'll see. Tablets are definitely in our future. You can see the redesign of women's pocketbooks reflecting this!

Interesting analysis on why some social games (Zynga in this case study) are having problems online. I think the "friend spam" approach is something for many of us to learn as we join spaces. This is an interesting article for FlatClassroom students to read as they analyze game based activities.

This article talks about smartphones and the newest release, the iPhone 4S.

This site explains social entrepreneurship.

"The three considerations that most impact value are location, location, and location." In the world of social media, they are purpose, purpose, and purpose." This Harvard Business review article is very much on the money. Who are you and why are you sharing. What is your purpose. If you don't know you'll send mixed signals. IF you do, you and the people who follow you will be more content with the experience.

Describes how listening an downloading music has changed over the generations.

Site where you can create a timeline.