tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:52:13 +0000emailstudent satisfactionnetworking communitiesstudent engagementstudent succcesspersistencevlogthe perseverance groupdigital footprintstudent successhttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)Blogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-3505726048778123842Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:17:00 +00002008-04-16T17:21:29.496-04:00student satisfactionstudent engagementstudent successA U.C. Berkeley student arrested in Egypt twittered to his network allowing the U.S. Embassy, the institution and his friends to get involved in his release. And it worked. What a great follow-up from my entry yesterday.....http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/04/twitter-helps-student-in-egypt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-1795296936231328783Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:13:00 +00002008-04-16T17:13:23.939-04:00Pete Blackshaw recently blogged about, how Customer Service Meets "Lord of the Twitters". Check it out as it describes how consumers immediately talk about their experiences with companies and the service they have received.These consumers that are twittering about their recent experience with Comcast are also sitting in college classes and dorm rooms with a lot to say. Twitter is already takinghttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/04/customer-services-meets-twitterwhat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-7753342384119049715Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:41:00 +00002008-03-08T09:50:53.250-05:00It was recently reported that a student at Ryerson University is up for an expulsion hearing for setting up an online study group in Facebook . This is an important issue to explore - is there a difference when what has been traditionally been conducted in person is now conducted online? Maybe it is because they were not moderated by someone at the institution that causes the concern and you http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/03/are-online-study-groups-different-than.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-7526597965497265800Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:29:00 +00002008-01-25T15:52:24.848-05:00Is that what we are looking for? The ability to have a social network that is "in-house" so you are not using a public online social networking utility for your university or business? Yes. I believe that is what we are looking for -- to allow students and employees to engage with others at a time or place that is convenient for them.Enterprise social networking is taking hold where this http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/01/facebook-in-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-351210842899632762Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:48:00 +00002008-01-17T10:03:52.456-05:00An article posted on Texas Christian University's web site, The Daily Skiff talks about how higher tuition rates has impacted retention rates. There is one important statement in that article, "While university sources admit higher retention is usually accompanied by higher tuition costs, they claim social connections among students are the final determining factor in retention rates."While therehttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/01/social-connections-impacts-retention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-2192242102043909213Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:35:00 +00002008-01-04T09:44:36.785-05:00student satisfactionOnline Social Networks like Facebook, for years have had "friend" as a catch-all category for your contact list, with the only differentiation being the top 8 (Myspace) or recently-developed Facebook applications to do a similar top friends list.I stumbled into an article here from the Wired Campus through The Chronicle. A few developers have each created Facebook applications for your enemies, http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/01/online-friends-can-be-much-much-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-1259828197666223657Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:45:00 +00002007-12-29T12:16:04.975-05:00student engagementstudent successIn case there was still doubt over whether or not online social networks were infiltrating society, the two articles here and here should put those doubts to rest.ABC News and Facebook are collaborating for the New Hampshire debates on January 5. Much like the CNN-YouTube debates of a few months ago, this appears to be a well-intentioned plan to get younger voters to actually show up to the http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/politics-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-8258707598293848227Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:50:00 +00002007-12-19T16:54:46.823-05:00digital footprintstudent engagementstudent succcessHow much information is out on the Web about you? Check out this articleabout how student's are not as concerned about personal information available on the Web. People are getting comfortable. Are they getting too comfortable?http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-your-digital-footprint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-7790841483383795012Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:06:00 +00002007-12-14T02:17:01.854-05:00student engagementstudent successI've been putting a lot of thought into ays to take better advantage of technology in terms of interacting with students, and it struck me that we need to think about our connections to each other as colleagues, professionals, etc. as well.I would venture to guess that each of us has participated in a conference call, teleconference, video conference, web chat, etc. at least once, or know someonehttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/second-look-at-second-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-6867516151874269103Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:00:00 +00002007-12-11T16:11:30.190-05:00the perseverance groupvlogstudent successhello everyone,Todd Sanders at University of Wisconsin has one of the best vlogs I have seen regarding student life on campus. He presented at an Innovative Educators conference and he is sharing his presentation with everyone through You Tube. There are two parts. So make sure you check out both Part 1 and Part2.He's combining video with wiki. Students share what they want him to do or talk http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/vlogging-at-its-best.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-1894167324060054427Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:11:00 +00002007-12-04T17:28:25.220-05:00hello everyone:A very interesting article came out in Wired Campus today. It is about professors that are beginning to set up profiles in Facebook to connect with students. However, there are times where it doesn't seem appropriate to be "poking" a student that is in their class.And that is why we have developed TAG. It is built for collegiate networks to be built and foster student success http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/does-collegiate-networking-fit-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-513925777298870825Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:02:00 +00002007-12-04T10:16:02.065-05:00student satisfactionstudent engagementAnother brief follow up to the cyber-bullying piece can be found hereA signifcant and growing amount of research is showing that online social networks, despite the negative consequences/drawbacks associated with their use (the existence of which pre-dates the Internet), are positive contributors to society, and to the student experience. Yet, since this research is new, and not as robust or http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/12/internet-1-cyber-bullying-0.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-4739812877837728008Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:51:00 +00002007-12-02T04:26:31.558-05:00student successI saw an article from the New York Times this week, which can be located hereIt mentions how some school districts and cities have created new policies about online social networks and/or cyber-bullying. Namely, to make it a crime. I'll admit that I am not a legal scholar, but all of my research into online social networks, online communities and communicative technologies, with regards to both http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/are-new-policies-about-cyber-bullying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-24433262369492800Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:52:00 +00002007-11-28T16:28:31.877-05:00persistencestudent engagementstudent successInside Higher Ed has an excellent article. While it is a little long, it is worth reading all the way through. The article starts out talking about the pros and cons of using Microsoft or Google as an institution's email platform. It also gets into using third party software platforms to facilitate collaboration amongst students, faculty and other key constituencies. While the focus is classroomshttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/amazon-like-technology-for-institutions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-5276981798329270703Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:14:00 +00002007-11-27T01:56:57.823-05:00student successMillenial students, more so than any previous cohort of students in our universities, experience a larger role played by their parents in their education (and perhaps lives as a whole). Parents register their students for college orientation, monitor their tuition bills, sign them up for classes, and call university staff with every question their student may not feel comfortable asking.With the http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/helicopter-parents-and-online-social.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-3727849186229903994Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:43:00 +00002007-11-22T12:52:21.166-05:00student engagementstudent successI saw this article in Wired Campus from The Chronicle of Higher Education.http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2558&utm_src=wc&utm_medium=enIt poses new questions about the evolution of the digital divide, in terms of the demographics of users of Facebook versus Myspace for example. The roots of this, I feel, go back a few years when Facebook was intentionally targeting the major, http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-there-new-digital-divide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-1736636587397976199Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:14:00 +00002007-11-20T21:31:42.054-05:00student satisfactionstudent engagementstudent successNow, you're probably wondering what magical formula I've created to determine how successful students can be through interacting with each other online...I could tell you that there isn't one, but that's not entirely true.What are some of the components of student success:interacting with individuals from different backgrounds, experiences, ethnicity, heritage, socio-economic statusbeing involvedhttp://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/measuring-student-success-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott C. Silverman, Ed.D.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-3061019430792240291Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:44:00 +00002007-11-19T10:32:46.123-05:00networking communitiesthe perseverance groupemailWe all know that email is not being used by students. However, The Death of E-mail sums it up nicely. I think the most important takeaway from this article is that these networking communities become a central communications center. They bring together different types of communication vehicles into one application. And the great part is that they become more powerful when the different http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/death-of-email.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566254748376463668.post-6982938137327498434Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:38:00 +00002007-11-15T16:41:10.972-05:00the perseverance groupstudent successhello everyone:I figured that since I have founded a company that is focused on people collaborating and sharing their experiences so others don't have to reinvent the wheel, that I should do what I am going to suggest our customers do...blog, share and exchange information about a very important topic - student success.This blog will bring in experts in higher education to share their insights http://tagsuccess.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-made-you-stick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Traci Metzger)1