{"id":79,"date":"2012-01-16T21:18:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2012-01-24T17:25:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T17:25:36","slug":"twitter-feed-analysis-and-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/work\/twitter-feed-analysis-and-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Feed Analysis and Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of think tanks in Washington, DC and around the country produce and publish papers on different aspects of schooling and education policy.\u00a0 These think tanks often announce and link their papers through Twitter.\u00a0 Twice this semester you will be responsible for:<\/p>\n

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  1. following one week\u2019s education policy activity on Twitter,<\/li>\n
  2. briefing the class on what you\u2019ve found,<\/li>\n
  3. providing a written report of your findings on this website,<\/li>\n
  4. and selecting a think tank paper for the class to read.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Using Twitter<\/h3>\n

    In the right sidebar of this website, you\u2019ll see a Twitter feed from the Education Policy list<\/a> I created as well as from the hashtags #edpolicy and #edreform.\u00a0 You can use the sidebar feed, or you can follow my list and create and track your own searches for #edpolicy and #edreform on Twitter.com<\/a>, through a firefox plugin like yoono<\/a>, or through different desktop and mobile apps like hootsuite<\/a>, tweetdeck<\/a>, or seesmic<\/a>.\u00a0 You can find tutorials and general support for Twitter on its help page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The Class Brief and the Written Report<\/h3>\n

    During the first week of class, you will sign up for two different weeks in which you will provide a class brief and written report of your Twitter feed analysis.\u00a0 The schedule for these briefs\/reports will be posted on the course schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The written report and the class brief should provide an overview of the week\u2019s education policy activity on Twitter.\u00a0 The week you analyze will precede the class meeting in which you present.\u00a0 For example, if you are scheduled to present on 14 February, you will analyze the Twitter feed from 7 February to 14 February, understanding that the feed for the last day\u2014the day you present\u2014will be minimal.\u00a0 In your written report and class briefing, you should address:<\/p>\n