YouTube played around with its algorithm, again. Being an educational YouTuber myself since May 2008 I have seen a lot (of changes) over the years. Some were good and helped me to get more exposure and subscribers, others were bad for my channel especially the last change that affected content discovery. Whereas a video I [...]

Fellow edupreneur Sylvia Guinan asked if using Adsense to monetize personal blogs or websites in education actually makes sense. As the answer is a bit more complex I decided to put my answer in a blog post. There are basically two schools of monetizing educational content. One says that you should rather focus on selling [...]

Taking into consideration that I didn’t plan to attend Online Educa in Berlin this year, it is really funny that now I am not only covering the event for EDUKWEST and Today’s Campus but also ended up as a panelist and learnshop host. In case you don’t know, Online Educa is one of the biggest [...]

I have some exciting news to share. This year two of my blogs are nominated at the Edublog Awards! EDUKWEST in the category Edtech Blog and my latest blogging endeavor Fair Languages has got a nomination as New Blog. As every year I need your help which essentially means your vote. Go to edublogawards.com/vote-here and [...]

Soon after my announcement that I joined OpenLanguage as content lead I received lots of emails and comments that anticipated I would not do video interviews from now on. Actually, the opposite is the case. Yes, my new role at OpenLanguage cuts out a nice chunk out of my daily schedule, but I would never [...]

Yesterday, I had a brief however interesting exchange with Benjamin Riley on Twitter about one of my latest posts "In the search of 100.000 Salman Khans". How about 1000 teachers collaborating? See @learnzillion RT @kirstenwinkler In Search of 100,000 Salman Khans ow.ly/hUM9r — Benjamin Riley (@benjaminjriley) February 22, 2013   Benjamin asked what about 1000 [...]

Today a video of Code.org is making the rounds on social media and various tech blogs. You see a lot of high profile tech and pop culture leaders talking about their experiences of learning how to code and how it changed their careers. The conclusion of the video is that we need to teach coding [...]

There have been rumors about paid channel subscriptions on YouTube for a couple of months, but now there is evidence for that in the code of the YouTube Android app.

As we are still in the awards season I learned that not one, not two but three of my blogs ended up being finalist at the 2013 BLOGGIES.

Lessons about blogging vs. online marketing from one of my favorite movies Jerry Maguire. Make money blogging - show me the money!

The Evolution of Data Storage: how did it all start, what did a bit and byte look like? And how big would a computer be today using old parts?The post The Evolution of Data Storage appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Great lecture by John Cleese about strategies on how to be creative, finding ideas and playing with them.The post Telling People How to be Creative is Easy. It’s only Being it that’s Difficult. appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Code Rush is a documentary about the start of Mozilla which eventually led to the release of the Firefox browser in 2004.The post Code Rush - How to fight Monopolies with Open Source appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Tea is taking a bigger part of my daily life quickly. As a hard core coffee drinker this change came by surprise and also is a good lesson about content.The post Content Lessons from Drinking Tea appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

This is a great interview for everyone to watch who is (or want to get) involved in creating original web video content which can be anything from interviews to lessons.The post The Future of Original Web Video Content appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

In a time that seems to demand from us to be always on, always connected and always in the loop we face totally new problems when it comes to stress and mental health.The post How our Obsession with the Now might lead to a Present Shock appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Is there a better way to build startups than raising money and hoping for the big cash day? DHH thinks so: get profitable from day one.The post Building Startups the David Heinemeier Hansson Way appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

I am excited to announce that I have won the Edtech Digest Leadership Award in the category Edtech Blogger at the third EdTech Digest Awards Recognition Program.The post I have won the EdTech Digest Leadership Award in the Category Edtech Blogger appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

I often get asked which is the best way to get my attention. Thinking about it, the best way is to follow me on Twitter. Here is why.The post The Easiest Way to get my Attention? Follow me on Twitter appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Interesting question by Benjamin Stewart. Has Twitter arrived in the (education) mainstream, is there still space to grow or is it in decline, already?The post If Educators aren’t using Twitter by now, are they likely to use it in the Future? appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Ashton Kutcher thinks that the media fucked up Twitter. For everyone who joined Twitter before him it is obvious that he and other celebs are to blame.The post Ashton Kutcher and not the Media Kind of Fucked up Twitter appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Hank Green of the Vlog Brothers shares some thoughts on $1 billion startup exits and why content aggregators are more valued than content creators.The post Why are Content Aggregators more valued than Content Creators? appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Medium is a new platform for content creators by Evan Williams. It is somewhere between a tweet and a blog post and I am really excited about it.The post Why I am excited about Medium appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.

Why monetizing your website with Google Adsense won't pay off in the long run: it's a distraction that keeps you from developing real revenue streams.The post Getting off the Google Adsense Opium appeared first on Kirsten Winkler.