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2) The findings show that Netflix is the most popular streaming service among millennials, with 50% of respondents using it. Hulu is second most popular at 23%.
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*B - Briefings based on content for a purpose; affecting an audience.
*C - Choice is applies and connected to community within and outside of the classroom.
Throughout the session teachers:
1. discover how the structure of briefings support the author's purpose through strategic presentation of content to affect an audience.
2. apply components of authentic learning: choice, connections, and community to increase motivation, problem solving and quality in writing.
3. use self generated, open-ended questions about a topic to guide research from a variety of resources.
4. identify what makes effective revision through a question and answer sharing format.
5. self assess their own learning and consider how to implement the research model in their own classrooms with students.
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- The program aims to help nonprofits pilot better measurement and develop case studies to document social media value.
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new tools to manage a university’s image and impact. How to maximize the visibility of research publications, improve the impact and influence of the work, disseminate the results of the research, showcase the quality of the research in the Universities and research institutions, better measure and manage the research in the institution, collect and curate the digital outputs, generate new knowledge from existing findings, enable and encourage collaboration, bring savings to the higher education sector and better return on investment. What are the key functions for research libraries?
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"Technology for Student Success" was a presentation for teachers and administrators to model how to simplify students' research by using of content with a purpose, for an audience. Each student culminates his or her research into a briefings format.
The format is easy to use when following the ABCs of Briefings:
*A - Authentic forms and strategies of research writing in the real world are identified, as resources for the integration of all subject areas.
*B - Briefings based on content for a purpose; affecting an audience.
*C - Choice is applies and connected to community within and outside of the classroom.
Throughout the session teachers:
1. discover how the structure of briefings support the author's purpose through strategic presentation of content to affect an audience.
2. apply components of authentic learning: choice, connections, and community to increase motivation, problem solving and quality in writing.
3. use self generated, open-ended questions about a topic to guide research from a variety of resources.
4. identify what makes effective revision through a question and answer sharing format.
5. self assess their own learning and consider how to implement the research model in their own classrooms with students.
I facilitated this session for the Center for School Reform (in Kansas City, MO) at the Summit for Student Success Conference, held in Columbia, MO.
The document provides information about Speak Up, a national research initiative that collects views from K-12 students, educators, and parents on the use of technology in education. It summarizes what Speak Up is, why schools and districts should participate, the benefits of participating, how to participate, participation goals, and contact information for assistance. Speak Up aims to inform national discussions on ed tech, provide local data to schools/districts, and demonstrate that stakeholder voices are important in education discussions. Participation is free and provides localized results as well as national benchmark data.
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Speak Up is a national research initiative that collects the views of K-12 students, educators, and parents on the use of technology in education. Schools and districts can register to participate for free and receive localized data from surveys as well as national benchmark data. The document encourages participation by noting benefits like free reports, promotional materials, and dedicated support staff. It provides instructions on setting participation goals and promoting the surveys within schools and districts.
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The document provides an overview and participation guide for Speak Up, a national research initiative that collects views on technology in education from K-12 students, educators, and parents. It summarizes that (1) Speak Up aims to inform education discussions by gathering authentic perspectives; (2) schools benefit from free customized reports and promoting stakeholder voices; and (3) interested schools can register and promote the optional online surveys taking 15-20 minutes to complete between October and January.
Additional Notes for "All in a Twitter" PresentationBryn Robinson
These are the notes that accompanied the slide deck on using social media to share your science. If you have any questions, please get in touch - @brynphd.
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The document discusses how public libraries can conduct needs assessments of their communities to ensure library resources and services are aligned with community needs. It recommends assembling a working team, gathering existing data on demographics and community issues, conducting focus groups and interviews to understand needs, and distributing surveys to validate findings. Tools like ImpactSurvey.org and LibraryEdge can help libraries assess technology needs, measure outcomes, and advocate for support to deliver high-value services. Conducting regular needs assessments allows libraries to be responsive to their communities and achieve important outcomes through their resources and programs.
This document summarizes an orientation call for a peer exchange group focused on measuring social media effectiveness for nonprofits. Key points include:
- The group includes a range of nonprofits with different communication objectives such as educating, mobilizing, or fundraising.
- Most nonprofits have some social media strategy but implementation challenges include lack of dedicated staff time and skills.
- Participants measure social media in various basic ways but want to improve tools, data analysis, and linking metrics to decisions.
- The program aims to help nonprofits pilot better measurement and develop case studies to document social media value.
How Social Listening Drives Communication and Enrollment StrategyCampus Sonar
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Using social media to disseminate academic work Jane Tinkler
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1. Social listening tools allow a level
of analysis that helps understand
the broader context for a better
policy design and analysis of
intervention.
By @Agora_Research
2. Why the focus on social media
Nowadays, one in four people worldwide uses social
networks to discuss topics, raise concerns, create
awareness. These channels, therefore, cannot be
neglected when we design a social development policy.
The analysis of the conversations happening on the
web helps policy designers and analysts understand the
broader picture so to create stronger and more effective
policies.
3. Who talks
• The Media
• Employees
• Funders
• Volunteers
• Government
• End users
• Pressure groups
• Consultants
• Researchers/academics
5. The social space
Web-based research
can be daunting due
to the volume of
conversations, blog
posts, tweets and
articles.
6. Social listening tools
Tools like Radian6, Social
Radar, Visible etc. can
help identify the most
relevant conversations
happening on the social
sphere, the influencers
that boost those
conversations and the
channels where they talk.
7. Query design
• Topic
• Keywords combinations
• Countries of interest
• Languages of interest
• Timeframe
Elements to
consider when
designing a query
in a social
listening tool
8. Focus: keywords
Words and phrases most relevant
to the topic
Synonyms
Keywords variations
Combined in traditional Boolean
language
9. Building the query
We can obtain important
insights even with the
simplest queries.
More sophisticated queries
can help your research if
you are looking into a
specific aspect of the topic
analysed.
11. Basic Query set up
Country: Ghana
Official country language: English
Basic keywords combinations:
- Education system AND Ghana
- Teaching AND Ghana education system
- Schooling AND Ghana
- Pupils AND Education in Ghana
- Students in Ghana OR Ghanaian students
- Education policy AND Ghana
- Education challenges AND Ghana
12. Query results and metrics
Main metrics obtained:
o Channels
o Conversations trends
o Conversations
sentiment
o Influencers
14. The insights obtained from the social intelligence
exercise will provide important elements for policy
formulation.
Compose the puzzle
15. Presented by Agora Research
If you have any questions with regard to this presentation, please contact
Elena Mozzato, Director at Agora Research
elenamozzato@hotmail.com or @Agora_Research
May 2014