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Share-a-Link Friday : Jan. 7, 2011

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Good morning, welcome to Share-a-Link Friday, my little attempt to encourage you to share the best of what you found from your weekly travels on the Internet.  Let’s get right to it.

The link I am sharing today comes from Theresa at Our Life in Words, a blog kept by a homeschooling mom with two young daughters. This week, Theresa featured a guest writer, Dr. Janet Johnson, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. I’m pointing you to Dr. Johnsons’ comments because I know if you are a homeschooling parent, you need to hear what she has to say about having a former homeschooler in her college classroom.

Be encouraged, doubting-homeschool mom! What you’re doing is working.

Now it’s your turn: Share a link with me – what appeared in your RSS feed this week that made you glad you turned on your computer that day, the random good link you followed off of Twitter or Facebook. What did you bookmark because you knew you wanted to read it again? If you want, leave a comment letting us know what link you submitted.

Ready?

Go!

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My new idea: Share-a-link Friday

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So what have you found on the Internet this week that had you saying, “Wow! This is great information. I want to tell my friends about it.”

Today I want to try something new.

Let’s all share a link, or more if you’re ambitious, which you feel deserves attention because it’s educational, helpful or just too darn good to not bring it to the attention of others would be a crime against We Who Crave the Lovely of the Internet.

I know you will be tempted to share one of your own amazing blog posts, but that’s not what this is about. This is a link up much like the heart of Twitter’s Follow Friday.

In other words, this is not about you.

I want you to point us to another website other than your own. I want the really good stuff. Look into your bookmarked websites on Delicious or StumbleUpon. Dig into your favorite links in your RSS reader. Ask your kids if you get stuck or didn’t follow many rabbit trails off of Facebook this week.

Just share something. But make sure it’s worthy of sharing too.

To get us started, here is mine: Be a Good Digital Citizen: Tips for Teens and Parents from one of my latest finds in my Internet travels, Common Sense Media. At the top of the page is a nifty video you can share with your young people regarding how he or she uses the web, social media, texting and privacy online.

As you know, this topic has been on the forefront of my mind as a result of the cyberbullying my daughter received recently. Common Sense Media tackles a lot of subjects facing our children today and lets users critique books, movies, online games, mobile apps and websites. I highly recommend you check it out and add your own opinions to their community.

Okay, your turn. Let’s have those links! And leave us a comment if you have anything else to add regarding your link. I’m always up for a good backstory.

And come back next Friday to share again.