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SnapChat
My Note: Excellent article with ideas for promoting the MakerSpace
Is Snapchat a Business Tool? Yes.
http://www.inc.com/adam-fridman/is-snapchat-a-business-tool-yes.html
Snapchat is a Smartphone application that allows users to send photos or short videos to another user. But with Snapchat messages, they disappear after viewing–usually in just a few seconds–so they can’t be forwarded or saved.
how do you build brand awareness on a temporary medium?
Do you think a short Snapchat video of your CEO playing Halo in the conference room would be interesting to a younger audience? A VP sleeping in an office meeting? The HR Director’s bad tie or haircut? Scenes such as these are the coin-of-the-realm in brand marking these days–the way for you and your brand to be “not that guy.” And Snapchat’s temporary nature is the perfect place for such less-than-serious messaging.
You may find it difficult to engage your senior leadership–or other company leaders–in being Snapchat fodder. Or you may decide that producing short clips or funny photos just isn’t worth the marketing investment. Both are fine conclusions.
Boost Twitter Engagement
5 Ways to Boost Your Twitter Engagement
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-ways-boost-twitter-engagement/
#1: Refine Your Twitter Bio
#2: Act Human
#3: Ask People to Act
If you want followers, you can get more of them. If you want shares, you can get more of those, too. All you have to do is ask.
Even big brands understand the power of asking for a retweet.
Your goal is to get more engagement for your tweets, right? Sometimes you just have to ask, and many times people are happy to oblige.
#4: Harness the Power of Hashtags
Hashtags let you interact with the most viral and current topics at any given time.
Hashtags can double your Twitter engagement rate, increase your number of followers and improve your reputation.
#5: Post Consistently
communities of practice
The role of communities of practice in a digital age
Definition:
Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Announcing the NMC Horizon Report Europe > 2014 Schools Edition
http://www.nmc.org/news/announcing-horizon-report-europe-2014-schools-edition
Key Trends Accelerating Educational Technology Adoption in European Schools
“Growing Ubiquity of Social Media” and “Rethinking the Roles of Teacher” as fast trends accelerating the adoption of educational technology in European schools over the next one to two years.
Full report:
employment for college graduates
Yesterday, we shared information about the new Coffee App
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/10/01/coffee-the-app/
which offers easy approach to job search.
Please have the following article regarding LinkedIn and their approach to job search
Ranking and Networking
The new Linkedin ranking system (https://www.linkedin.com/edu/rankings/us) tracks the success of college graduates in eight broad career paths, adding weight for jobs deemed “desirable.” It lists the top 25 institutions in each career category.
LinkedIn is ranking only a tiny swath of the academy.
LinkedIn also released a social networking application for prospective students to chat with each other about colleges, and to talk with current students.
tech for faculty top priority?
per M Pacansky-Brock tweet:
81% of IT officials say faculty development for use of tech in teaching is top priority
college and universities are unable to offer the right training to faculty, staff and students. IT officials’ evaluations of their own institutions’ IT infrastructure present almost a mirror image of their list of priorities. While 81.4 percent of respondents listed faculty development as their top priority, only 27.9 percent rated their existing training offerings as excellent (or a seven on a seven-point scale). At 12.8 percent, IT training for students drew the second-lowest share of respondents giving it an excellent rating.
critical thinking
critical thinking
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/10/interesting-critical-thinking-posters.html
Cloud LMS
5 key security points to consider while evaluating a Cloud LMS
1. User and Data Access control security policies for the end user
2. Access Through Secured Connection ( TLS/SSL and HTTPS)
3. Network Security
4. Disaster Recovery, Environmental Safeguards and Physical Access Security Policies
5. Third-party Certificates