Talking Metaphors and Schema on the Front Porch
At LACUSPA over the last few days, I was really enjoying the conversational and educational power of good metaphors. I think it’s something we do well at Swift Kick. First, it was with Dance Floor Theory, comparing dance floor dynamics to engagement and apathy and service leadership. Now it is with technology. Our whole program and […]
Red Rover Intro Video
In talking with a lot of advisors who are trying to start Red Rover on their campus, one of the challenges they say they are facing is convincing the staff/admin how it works and what it does. So we put together this video. More help is coming soon including a website with screenshots and an […]
Setting up and Launching Red Rover For Pilot Schools
Updated on 2/18/08 – For the latest, see the Red Rover Wiki Adoption page here**. ———————————– This blog is a quick ‘How To‘ for the first round pilot schools (there are 15 of you!) for setting up Red Rover. There are five main steps in the process: 1) Signing up yourself as the admin (meaning […]
(K)no(w) Context
Being a critic is easy. Breaking things is easy. Suggesting practical improvements to complex challenges is hard. Building things is hard. A good reminder from the Carpet Bagger Report**: * Public education in America is trying to do something unprecedented. We strive to educate every child — regardless of race, creed, socio-economic level, family background […]
Assuming: You and Me, and Hopefully Good (Opposed to . . . ) Software
When reading a review of the new iMovie ’08 on macworld.com, I was struck by how much hope, belief, educated guessing, and philosophy hardens into assumptions to inform software design. In the review, Macworld says that many of the iDVD integration features have been dropped from iMovie, because Apple believes that the web is the […]
Facebook Passing on the Niche Markets
On July 17th, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was interviewed by Time Magazine in an article titled, “The Future of Facebook.” The last line of Mark’s answer to this question was most interesting to me: Then on July 25th Facebook posted this blog** in their developer’s corner: Education should deliver relevant connections** to new people, ideas, […]
Sharpening a Pencil
Pencils work when they are sharp. So does marketing. So does information architecture. So does the user interface. So do viral memes. We are sharpening Red Rover. There are so many things we could say about it. Many ways we could describe it. The current challenge is to define the POINT. The one thing we […]
RR Future Function: Txt Msg to Self Tag
The following is the “Future Function” we are exploring for the addition to the Red Rover system. As always, your thoughts are welcome! Future Function A student could text a word to a given number and this word would be added to their tag profile. They would then automatically be added to a group that […]
RR Function: Group Recommendation
Red Rover automatically makes recommendations on student groups, providing the student with a shortlist of options tailored to their interests. How It Works 1. Based on the tags the student added to Red Rover, the system delivers appropriate groups with matching tags. 2. The student can join the groups with one click (based on the […]
A Lovely Nexus
This is an exciting place to be: Research Links: Learning Reconsidered** Data Don’t Drive** Thanks to Dave Leenhouts, for pointing us in the right direction. We actually did the reading Dave : ) ** Link Broken as of June/2019