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One Lucky Facebook Fan Wins $1,500 Snow Day for her Class

Have you LIKED Steve Spangler Science on Facebook yet? We love our Facebook fans so much, that we spoil them with special offers and giveaways. Last night, we hosted a Snow Day party in honor of the schools being closed in the Denver area due to snow and subzero temperatures. We gave away lots of cool science prizes with a grand prize valued at $1,500!

Teresa Marx, our lucky winner, won 400 Insta-Snow Test Tubes and a one-pound bag of Insta-Snow for each teacher at her school. It was enough snow for everyone to make their own snow day.

Our parties move fast and have us refreshing our page almost constantly. Answers come in under 10 seconds after I post a question. I need extra eyes to watch the responses. During our party, we asked questions like “Why does Insta-Snow feel wet?” “How can you change the color of Insta-Snow?” “How long does hydrated snow last?”

We gave away mini snow days for correct answers and also gave all of our Facebook fans a special discount of $10 off a bag of Insta-Snow. So won’t
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Facebook and Myspace for Teachers

I recently recorded a conversation held between me and Stephan Spencer, president of search engine optimization company, Netconcepts.

Spencer talks about the basics of both social networking sites, such as whether or not you should make your profile private if you are worried about your job, or prospective jobs. There are plenty of cases where exactly this has happened.

I can recall myself a time when my company was hiring and it was possible for us to gather a lot of personal information about the candidates just by going to their social networking profile. I had never thought of using these websites to learn more about the prospective employees, but it does work.

It’s not just making your profile private, but you also have to be weary when you are making comments on other people’s public profiles which can then later be associated back to you.

I also link it back to teachers, making the point that teachers could make a better connection with their students if they were found on the social networking sites. All they have to do is make sure they

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