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Susan Kistler on Padlet: A Free Virtual Bulletin Board and Brainstorming Tool

Hello aea365ers! I’m Susan Kistler, Executive Director Emeritus of the American Evaluation Association, professional trainer and editor, and all around gregarious gal. Email me at susan@thesmarterone.com if you wish to get in touch. Rad Resource – Padlet: The last time I wrote about Padlet for aea365, exactly two years ago on September 12 of 2012, …

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Susan Kistler on a Free Tool for Adding Interactivity to Online Reports: Innovative Reporting Part IV

I am Susan Kistler, contributing editor at TheSmarterOne.com (we finally launched this month – yay!) and former Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association. aea365 contributors have written before about producing online reports (for example here and here), wherein we learned, among other things, that evaluators are still feeling their way in terms of online reporting. …

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Bob Kahle on Practical Strategies to Leverage Technology for Deeper Insights

Leave a Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / May 12, 2014 May 10, 2014

I am Bob Kahle, a veteran evaluator and frequent AEA workshop presenter. As owner of Kahle Research Solutions, a research and evaluation firm with a qualitative methods focus, I am writing today to offer practical tips to leverage new tools enabled by advancing technology. Lesson Learned: Ease into it. Most evaluators are aware of tools …

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Miki Tsukamoto on Using Video as a Tool to Capture Baseline Surveys

10 Comments / Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / May 11, 2014 May 10, 2014

Greetings AEA365! My name is Miki Tsukamoto and I am a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Planning and Evaluation Department in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). What if you had an opportunity to add a human face to baseline surveys and reflect numbers in a more appealing …

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David Fetterman on Google Glass Part II: Using Glass as an Evaluation Tool

4 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Youth Focused Evaluation / April 18, 2014 April 15, 2014

I’m David Fetterman, evaluator, author, entrepreneur, and Google Glass user. Yesterday, we talked about what Google Glass is and how it can revolutionize communications. Today, let’s turn to thinking about how Glass could be used as an evaluation tool. Hot Tips – Glass for Empowerment Evaluation: Youth (with parental permission) can wear the Glass to …

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David Fetterman on Google Glass Part I: Redefining Communications

2 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Evaluation Managers and Supervisors, Integrating Technology into Evaluation / April 17, 2014 April 15, 2014

“Ok, glass.” That’s how you activate Google Glass. I’m David Fetterman and that’s me to the right wearing Google Glass. I’m an empowerment evaluation synergist and consultant, busy father and spouse, and owner of Fetterman & Associates. Rad Resource – Google Glass: Google Glass is a voice and gesture activated pair of glasses that lets …

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Susan Kistler on Innovative Reporting Part II: Book Giveaway and #altreporting Videos

7 Comments / Arts, Culture, and Museums, Data Visualization and Reporting, Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Uncategorized / April 16, 2014 April 15, 2014

My name is Susan Kistler and I am on a crusade to expand our reporting horizons. Earlier this month, we looked at little chocolate reports. Today, let’s consider adding videos to your evaluation reporting toolbox. Get Involved: But first, a little incentive for you to share your best alternative reporting ideas. And possibly get a reward …

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Audrey Roerrer on Google Tools for Multi-site Evaluation

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / February 19, 2014 February 21, 2014

Hi, I’m Audrey Rorrer and I’m an evaluator for the Center for Education Innovation in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where several projects I evaluate operate at multiple locations across the country. Multisite evaluations are loaded with challenges, such as data collection integrity, evaluation training for …

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Caren Oberg on Using Tablets for Data Collection

2 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / February 16, 2014 February 17, 2014

My name is Caren Oberg and I am the Principal and Owner of Oberg Research. I am a proud late adopter. Proof? I still use a paper calendar and have Moleskin notebooks dating back years. But I have joyfully embraced tablet applications for data collection. The applications below, not to mention many others, have made …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt on iPad Survey Development for Young Learners

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Uncategorized, Youth Focused Evaluation / January 6, 2014 February 3, 2014

Greetings from the University of Chicago! We are Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt from Outlier Research and Evaluation at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. Our group recently evaluated two Chicago-based elementary education programs: Purple Asparagus, a nutrition education program and Science, Engineering, and Technology for Students, Educators, and Parents (SETSEP), a science …

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