This Week in Blogs, January 5th

This week’s blogging roundup, featuring posts on the blogs and the mini-blogs:

• 11 Twitter chats for educators (via Not Just for Teachers)
• The Research Games (video); An example of a good marketing video, from Texas A&M University Libraries (via Library PR)
• Billboard’s Artist of the Year: Peter Gene Hernandez (AKA, Bruno Mars) (via Hispanic Houston)
• In A quick DVD Review: Elysium I recommend you find something better to watch (via Hispanic Houston)
• It’s 2014 and I have three new words to help guide me in the new year, Comfort. Honesty. Growth. (via 2014: My new three words on Sandra Says)
• In 2013: The Year End Review I take a look at 2013, with what I did and what I accomplished (via Sandra Says)
• The new season of The Bachelor starts soon, featuring Juan Pablo Galavis as the new bachelor. Galaviz is the first ever Latino to be “the bachelor.” (TV Find: “Juan-uary” begins this weekend via Hispanic Houston)
• Because I consider it to be a management issue, I shared The difference between empathy and sympathy (video) on Redes Houston.
• Even though I didn’t write out any actual goals for myself, I do have Blogging goals for 2014 (via Sandra Says)
• Say “Hello!” to Sofia Vergara as a producer in TV Find: “Killer Women” gives us 8 killers in 8 weeks (via Hispanic Houston)
• For those of you attending the conference, I posted PLA offering video contest to win registration and travel to PLA 2014 (via Library PR). Deadline to submit your video entry is Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.
• Online Typing Practice Activities (on Not Just for Teachers): I shared Free Technology 4 Teachers‘  “11 Free Online Typing Practice Activities for Students” via social media and got enough reshares that I decided it might be a good idea to post the link and the list.
• How to Search Google for Mentions (Video) from Shelley Roth’s Youtube channel (via Going Social Houston).
• I have found a new favorite treat — It’s an eclair covered in bacon! Meet Pena’s Donut Heaven & Grill (via Hispanic Houston)
• I begin my creative journey with The Artist’s Way: Week 1 (Sandra Says).