Frances Bell’s Blog

I noticed that sales of Spam have increased http://www.dailyyonder.com/spam-sales-soar-shoppers-look-cut-costs and the reason given is that consumers may be ‘trading down’ to Spam.
I have an alternative hypothesis - Gmail is inadvertently (I assume!!!) marketing Spam. One of my little tasks when I visit my Gmail account is to visit my Spam folder and clear […]

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I loved this picture from the BBC news site. We had a bit of snow in Macclesfield though it was already melting by the time that I got out of bed at 8.30.

If you go to the flickr page for this photo http://flickr.com/photos/francesbell/2355361074/ and click on the note you can see the daffodils […]

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I have always been fascinated by e-learning research cases in Teacher Education where the roles of learners and teachers are so complex and reflexive. I am already committed to two online courses this spring so I think that I will enhance my understanding of the learner experience (though still limited by my […]

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Check out the colour browsing option at Etsy.com .

Wow! I am really impressed! - now can they create a ‘touch’ search so that I can find silky or soft craft items? Don’t you just love etsy?

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I have managed to export my blog from Eduspaces to this Wordpress blog at my own domain. I was pretty rattled by recent events at Eduspaces, and whilst I will probably maintain a presence at Taking IT Global, I wanted to have a bit more control over my blog - it may be quiet […]

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