An interesting ‘blend’ of digital and paper, using Twitter to encourage support for the football team:

Updated screenshots on YouTube for a workshop available this morning:

Have you noticed this video on TV over the past couple of days – it really drew my attention (yes, I love adverts, but still, most of them are wallpaper) – I think because it really shows how ‘news’ comes from a range of perspectives, that it’s multi-media, interactive, and multi-platform – and that ‘the people’ have a voice in this now:

Setting Up a YouTube Account Feb 2012

This morning’s first session:

Have you ever wondered how you should behave on Facebook?, check out the advice given here:

Interesting, it comes from a dating advice channel!

These worksheets are available under a Creative Commons Licence, in that you can use/distribute the material freely , but Digital Fingerprint must be attributed, whether used as is/adapted.

• An overview of Social Media Tools (June 2011)
• Setting up a Twitter account (June 2011)
• Setting up a Facebook account (June 2011)
• Setting up a Facebook Like page (June 2011)
• Setting up a YouTube account (June 2011)
• Setting up a WordPress account (June 2011)

All are downloadable PDFs, and will be accessible from the Resources page.

Martyn Poliakoff, a student once told him, has two great assets as a scientist: a funny name and funny hair.

Both should prove useful to the research professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham, who is soon to take on a new role as foreign secretary of the Royal Society – effectively an amb

assador for British science.

His hair, Professor Poliakoff admits, has undoubtedly caused a lot of interest on the internet, where he has become something of a sensation thanks to the science-related videos he regularly posts on YouTube.

“I get quite irritated when people accuse me of dressing up as a mad scientist for the videos and I sometimes post comments saying: ‘No, it’s me’,” he said.

He has always been a keen teacher, making use of unusual props such as a toy for dogs called a Wiggly Giggly, which he “bought at a pet shop and is the same shape as the methane molecule but squeaks when you rotate it”. He also uses a furry bone that has the same shape and symmetry as ethylene.

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Currently listening to this video, a whole 55 minutes!