Knowledge in the Public Interest (KPI)

This is a web application that helps manage various social media apps (particularly Twitter).

On the topic of data visualization, this tool enables users to build a "visualization" of their resumes.

I think that this is an interesting idea, though I'm not sure that the few samples (created by employees) take the visualization concept far enough. I wonder if/how we could create a data visualization resume to reflect the 10-year experience of KPI.

Based in Washington State, the stated goals of this project are: (1) "aligning standards and expectations for mathematics....(2) increasing student success in completing math requirements in high school and college....(3) building capacity of teachers and instructors to align curriculum and instruction to standards....(4) communicating math expectations to students...." The project bridges the high school/college divide.

The Learning Network Blog on NYTimes.com. For two years, students, teachers, parents and others have posted and commented on this blog. Daily lessons for subjects across curriculum based on Times content are offered. Suggestions are given for using the The Learning Network posts in the classroom. The Learning Network is accessible without a digital subscription, as are the articles linked from Learning Network posts.

By Debra Askanase on her blog, communityorganizer2.0, September 6, 2011. In this post, the blogger writes about the benefits of infographics as a storytelling tool, what makes a good infographic and ways that nonprofits can use infographics. she links to other resources, including community-created infographics, sites for inspiration, and tools to DIY.

Interesting approach by PARCC on through-course assessments for K-12 students with particular significance for HS students as they assess how college ready they are, how they are growing content and skills to analyze, understand the content and apply, and how through-course assessments drive interventions, classroom practice, and support needed for teachers to understand CCSS and help their students to achieve them. Really like logic model on p 17. How does this, should this, could this affect MCNC's epi modeling? I-Lab practicum?

From their welcome, "The Public Science Project is dedicated to the advancement of participatory action research as a strategy for a more just world." The project is based out of CUNY's Grad Center (NYC).

Public Science Project has helped us to process some recent surveys (2011).

From About, "Datavisualization.ch is the premier news and knowledge resource for data visualization and infographics." There are all kinds of interesting features on their site, including Showcases (exemplary work), Tools, and useful Datasets.

Common Core State Standards development underway in 25-state consortium headed by Florida PARCC-- Note timeline and type of PD envisioned for teachers on CC--who will facilitate the use of modules with practicing professionals?

18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting With Customers Online [Paperback]

The Community Roundtable is a an information services organization dedicated to the business of community. The goal of The Community Roundtable is to further the discipline of community management and provide practitioners a place to find peers, best practices, and resources. We are a member-based organization with an annual membership fee and we require members to be a community management or social media practitioner.

"You Have All the Tools You Need to Build Better Brand Stories Why Storytelling Is Essential to Business Success. Just Ask Apple, Google, Chevy, Coke and Pepsi"

This site offers reports, articles and links to other resources. We are reviewing this site and bookmarking resources individually.

List of video editing websites and software with details about each on Squidoo.

Squidoo is a community site founded by Seth Godin. Members can contribute a curated collection on a topic of interest.

Section on TechSoup Community devoted to Digital Storytelling. There are links to resources and information on a Techsoup Digital Storytelling Event that combines instruction and competition.

"By providing a space for campus clubs, groups, and organizations to interact online, colleges actually encourage community growth and participation. CampusCruiser can meet the needs of both traditional communities with virtual office space as well as web-born communities"

"Making Data More Usable with ScraperWiki," by Jason B. Jones in PROFHACKER, The Chronicle of HE. Includes a short (2.36 minutes) video on ScraperWiki, a tool to gather information systematically from websites, Twitter, etc. and download it into an Excel spreadsheet for further study. September 20, 2011

Article by Peter Chepya (professor of instructional design at Post University in CT) in 2005 on E-Personality: The Fusion of IT and Pedagogical Technique, how to create the 'there" on line. The excerpt below speaks to the transformation that occurs with Jam newcomers as they move from text-based exchange to passionate dialogue online. We need to figure out how to convey this in a Jam video. Excerpt: My online teaching relies on the "human element," expressed in features such as companionability and presence. The cumulative effect creates an atmosphere I call "presence learning" as opposed to the outdated misnomer "distance learning" often used with Internet courses. Presence learning creates a palpable connection between the instructor and the student, engaging students in "reality," not "virtual reality"--another outdated aphorism. Once while delivering a paper at a conference of online educators, I was challenged by a participant who thought my online course (being projected onto a screen) was "heavy on the text." Upon learning that the questioner's field was American literature, I asked hi if he thought Moby Dick was "heavy on the text." If the work is compelling, the medium disappears and the experience becomes actual. ...We came to accept the telegraph as "real" communication, as we then did the telephone, radio, recorded music, television, and cinema. We forgot the medium in each case.

According to Professors Anderson and McCormick, the Ten Principles may help designers to construct pedagogically sound e-learning materials and related activities. The principles may also help teachers to choose resources; design teaching and learning activities based on those resources; and support such activities while they take place.