Hello, my name is Dan McDonnell and I am a Community Manager for the American Evaluation Association. In my last Saturday post, I introduced a Twitter measurement and analytics tool called Twitonomy and a few of the basic features available. While you can certainly pull some great data and interesting stats with the free version, the …
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In my last post, we touched on how evaluators can use Google + Authorship to add photos to their blog posts that will appear in Google search results. Besides making search results a bit more pretty, these photos can help you with grow your personal brand, as well as increase the likelihood that someone clicks through to read your post from Google. In this post, I will outline a few more tips and tricks for making Authorship work for you.
Hello evaluation community, I am Johanna Morariu, Director of Innovation Network. Do you like getting something for free? Me too! Using Twitter data of the use of #eval13 I will demonstrate how to get started with network analysis in NodeXL. Were you at Evaluation 2013 in Washington, DC? Thousands of evaluators converged to talk methods, …
Johanna Morariu on #eval13 Network Analysis with NodeXL Read More »
Hi! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator and once monthly Saturday contributor. With Evaluation 2013 a mere one week in the past, evaluation bloggers are all over it recounting, recapturing, reliving, and reflecting on conference courses and confabulations. Whether you made it to Washington, DC to experience the conference live, or watched your #eval13 …
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Greetings! We are Joseph Curiel and Kirsten Rewey, evaluators with ACET, Inc., an evaluation firm in Minneapolis, MN. We both presented at Eval2012 and would like to share our thoughts on attending Eval2013. Rad Resource: Your smart phone or computer can be your best friend during the conference. It can help you find Eval2013 presentations …
MNEA Week: Joseph Curiel and Kirsten Rewey on Making the Most of EVAL2013 Read More »
Hello! I am Jeff Williams, PhD Candidate in Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University, member of the evaluation team at CRDF Global, and member of the Washington Evaluators. Today I’ll be sharing tips and tricks about writing surveys for communities that have English as a second language, or which don’t use …
LAWG Week: Jeff Williams on Pre-Pilot Language Testing Read More »
My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director Emeritus and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Last week, I saw the new Star Trek movie (yes, my inner geek shines through once again). Part of its premise was that a team had been asleep for years, only to awake and wreak …
Susan Kistler on Exploring Your Evaluand’s History With the Wayback Machine Read More »
I am Paula Egelson from the Southern Regional Education Board. Much of the work I have done over the past 15 years has included formative assessment. Formative assessments focus on assessing students to improve learning and instruction. Below are snapshots of teachers who use formative assessment effectively. “Lydia” is a Head Start teacher in a …
CREATE Week: Paula Egelson on Mini-Case Studies in Formative Assessment Read More »
My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Except, today is Sunday, because Friday and Saturday brought snowfall for the record books and here on the Southcoast that snow came with 40 mile per hour sustained winds and gusts far exceeding that. Power outage …
Susan Kistler on Real Time Reporting When the Lights Go Out Read More »
I am Kathy Bolland, charter member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), and “owner” of EVALTALK. My primary professional identity is evaluator although now my primary responsibilities are in research, education, and administration. Rad Resource: EVALTALK. Evaltalk is an electronic discussion “list” sponsored by AEA. Subscribers need not be AEA members. In 1995, during the …
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