The Tech of Student Success: Comparing Facebook, Ning and Red Rover
John Jay College of Criminal Justice was reviewing a number of different social tools, trying to figure out where they wanted to invest their time and money. They asked me to help clarify how they fit together. I did it with a little video and I thought it came out pretty well – if just […]
San Antonio’s Involvement Dashboard
San Antonio College was the first school to launch Red Rover in ’09 with the new involvement dashboard. Oh my is it fun? Talk about doing more with less in times of tight budgets: Two hours after they ran their orientation, Tyler Archer was able to go into the involvement dashboard and see what actually […]
The Value of a College Degree in the Networked World
Working in San Francisco with the Red Rover programming team, so this will be quick. mycreditunion kristian welch consume Schools used to base their value on ownership of the books and the information. Now many are sharing what they know for free. As a group, schools are beginning to value sharing over hoarding. The old […]
The New Quick Filter: Feature Review
We’ve launched a new feature to make the Red Rover directory even more useful! One point of clarification – every school has its own network, so when I’m showing users who are matched, that means I am matching with everyone at the school. If I want to filter by the small groups of Major, Year, […]
Filling the Gumption Tank With Some Help From Friends
Had a great day today. A few quick thoughts: VIDEO FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE Vid Blog 9/20/2008 from Kevin Prentiss on Vimeo. I feel like McCain’s team: what I meant by “scalability” was: we are trying to hone our app and message to grow faster. I said “Garvee”, but meant @garyvee : )
State of the (Red Rover) Union
Red Rover is an experiment with many layers. It’s a big vision made of many small steps.
Here’s where we are at: what’s working, what’s an issue, what’s a real challenge, and our plans moving forward.
Join Our Team – Hiring an Account Manager for Red Rover
Red Rover** is a free online tool for schools to use that improves education by increasing engagement, effectiveness, and relevancy. We are out to change education for the better and looking for someone, maybe you, to join our team. As Red Rover continually expands to more and more schools, we want to hire a part-time […]
Engagement & The Tale of Two Grateful Dead Shirts
As 1,200 students filed into the room for my talk, I planted myself by the front door with a few orientation leaders and we became the informal welcoming crew. We greeted the students with smiles and good morning wishes. I commented on cool or unique clothing I saw as a way to personalize the greeting and make […]
Red Rover Intro Video for Students
After we created our Red Rover intro video for staff/admin about 4 months ago, we knew we’d soon need an intro video for students. After a few rounds of adjustments and grammar corrections, here it is: VIDEO BROKEN** Red Rover Intro Video for Students** from Swift Kick on Vimeo. ** Link Broken as of June/2019
New Admin Stats Dashboard for Red Rover – Real Time Retention Reporting
As students use Red Rover more and more, our goal is to give as much of the user data back to the Admins in a usable format in real-time so they can take action. Here’s an example of the new stats dashboard: FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE http://www.redteamconsulting.com/031812/data/Same Day Payday Loans Reviews Stay tuned as we […]