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5 Ways to Use Vine for Social Media MarketingMonday 10/12/15
In a world where we expect things to be better, faster and more entertaining than ever, we want a lot of things to happen in a very short time frame. This is why Vine, a social media app owned by Twitter that allows users to create and share a 6 second video, is a big deal. Is it right for you? Maybe! Let's find out!
Wait, what? What's "VINE?"
Back in October of 2012, Twitter purchased the mobile app. It debuted soon after in January of 2013 and it's been growing ever since with roughly 40 million users. With it, you can create and share short videos at a maximum of 6 seconds each. It makes sense that Twitter was interested in it since it's kind of like a tweet in video format. Vine allows you to start and stop filming so that you can change locations or do stop motion videos easily. The videos play on an endless loop, kind of like an animated GIF.
Do you belong on Vine?
Just like with any social media site, if it doesn't fit your demographic, you'll be wasting your time with it. Vine's main demographics are 57% women ages 18-20. Twitter and Vine go together very nicely. Vine videos can be shared to Twitter easily, so the audience that is most likely to consume Vines would be those who enjoy short-form networks like Tumblr and Twitter. If that's your demographic, Vine is a great place for you!
Getting set up
Before you set up your account, make sure you're able to keep up with it. Creating Vines takes some creativity and a bit of time to make something that will catch attention. If you're willing and able to nurture it, you'll get great results. The first step is to download the app onto your mobile device. If you have a Twitter account logged into that device, you just have to give Vine permission to access your account. It's as easy as clicking a button that says "ok." A few simple steps later and you're up and running.
Make sure you include a short description about who you are and what you do, just like you would with your Twitter account. When you're ready to make your first Vine, the app will step you through what to do. It takes some practice and experimentation, but you'll get the hang of it in no time at all. You'll even find it to be a lot of fun!
What to create
Now that you're up and running and you've experimented a bit, you're ready to think about what kind of content you'd like to put out there. Even though 6 seconds is a short amount of time to get a message across, don't forget that you have a space for a written caption to go with your video. The length isn't limited and you can use hashtags to help people find your content, so don't be intimidated by the six seconds. That said, here's a quick list of ideas that can help you convey a lot in a little bit of time:
1) Time Lapse
Time lapse videos are great to help make a very short story flow nicely. You can highlight your products and services here or post a message about a promotion or sale.
2) Share what's new
If you've got something new and great coming up, you can announce it on Vine. Did you get a new intern? Film them at work! Are you launching a new product? Announce it on Vine! It's a perfect place for a teaser promoting a blog article or special event you're having too.
3) Make it fun
Since your audience here is on the younger side, your video can be more casual and fun. Creativity, humor and originality are key here. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there to get attention on Vine. Get silly, think outside the box and be fun!
4) Cross promote
Don't forget that you can broaden your reach by sharing a link from Vine on Twitter, Pinterest or any of your other social media platforms.
5) #, #, #
The best way to get your videos noticed is to do some hashtag research and find out what hashtags folks are using that are relevant to your video. Hashtags are absolutely essential to maximizing your content so don't skip them!
When you use Vine correctly, you'll see great ROI. It does take a bit of practice to get the technique down and then after that some creativity to create fun and engaging content, but the results will be well worth it and you'll have another great marketing tool to use!
5 Tips for Doing Social Media Kardashian StyleMonday 4/20/15
It doesn't matter if you think Kim Kardashian is a frivolous cheese ball or if you worship her every breath. You cannot deny that a person with 31 million Twitter followers and 29.9 million Instagram followers has made some great moves to make hers one of the biggest social media presences out there. She even has an app that has been downloaded over 28 million times. Impressive, right? Here's how you can keep up with Kardashian.
1) Be authentic and stay true to your brand
If you follow Kim Kardashian on any social media channels, you'll notice that her posts are always consistent with her brand. She strives to maintain a certain image that projects her personality and her values in a way that's relatable to people. Even while she's sporting an obnoxiously expensive handbag or showing off her legendary bum, fans love what she's doing and live vicariously through her. When planning your social media posts, make sure you are representing your business well and that your customers will find your posts relatable. People also love a little peek behind the curtains, so without giving away your secret sauce, show the people a little bit about how you do what you do.
2) Ask questions to increase engagement
Every once in a while, you'll see Kim ask Twitter a question like "where can I get something to eat in this town?" and the crowd goes wild. Most people enjoy giving input and sharing their experiences, so any time you can engage your followers by asking for their input, do it. It adds a personal element to your social media posts that creates a natural conversation between your brand and your followers.
3) Be unapologetically glamorous
Kim Kardashian would never post something that makes her look sloppy or disorganized, and neither should you. Make sure that everything you put out there is polished so that your brand looks smashing. Fill out your profiles and about sections thoroughly. Make sure your information is all current and give people a reason to keep coming back. The Kardashian sisters are known for fantastic giveaways, which is a great way to get some Facebook traffic. That is certainly something you could test out.
4) Say it with pictures
With an Instagram following topping out at almost 30 million, clearly she's rocking it out hardcore with the Instagram crowd. In an increasingly visual world, communicating through photos is becoming a great way to promote a brand. In keeping with her personal brand, her Instagram photos mostly highlight her glamorous lifestyle, which is a way to constantly promote and reinforce her brand message. You can do the same thing without even posing in a bikini or making a sexy duck lips face. Try taking photos of your newest products, happenings around the office and maybe even a few fun, but totally safe and appropriate personal things like a bike ride on a nice day, or your participation in a community event. Hashtags are of utmost importance on Instagram, so make sure you have at least one with every photo you post so that your photos link back to you and bring in more followers to your Instagram feed.
5) Tell people where to go and what to do
Once you have your brand messaging nailed down and your social media and website pages are polished up and pretty, you'll need to promote yourself to gain followers. Make sure you have your website and social media pages listed on your business cards, email signature, and printed collateral so that people know where to find you. Include a call to action like "follow us on Facebook for great product updates and giveaways!" to encourage people to like and follow you.
Being consistent, authentic and communicative with followers are all ways that Kim Kardashian has managed to build such a tremendous following on social media. She has a clear brand message and reinforces it frequently. Her omnipresence has and continues to keep her relevant and participating in the conversation, which in turn brings her opportunities she might not have had without such a strong presence.
10 Awesomesauce Ideas for Your Social Media ContentWednesday 12/10/14
Getting your social media content right can be a moving target. What once seemed to resonate with your audience now doesn't get a single like, comment or share. Fear not, GLAD WORKS friends. Maybe all you need to do is come up with some fresh ideas. Here's a quick list of a few things that we have found to engage an audience.
1) People dig quotes: Whether they are humorous (and of course in good taste), inspirational or motivational, they almost always get some engagement from an audience. Choose quotes that you think will resonate strongly with your audience and go for it.
2) Trivia: Whether your specialty is medicine or chocolate making, there's a ton of great trivia questions you can ask your followers. People love trivia and they love to show off their expertise. Why do you think Jeopardy has been around for so long?
3) A peek behind the curtain: A few weeks ago, we had bring your dog to work day. It was one of our most enjoyed posts and our audience loved to see the human side of GLAD WORKS. You don't need to give away your secret sauce; just a little taste of it will bring people in. It's also fun to share a little bit about you.
4) Fill-in-the-blank: This can be industry related or just general. Choose what your audience will respond to the most. For example, we recently asked, "what makes you buy an app?"
5) Share helpful resources: One of our favorite things to share are resources that can help our clients put a few best practices to work.
6) A day in the life: This is a chance to highlight the important work a certain individual does each day. If they feel comfortable, include a photo of them hard at work for that added human touch.
7) Throw back Thursdays: This is a great opportunity to share blog content that you've written in the past and put it back in the spotlight. Don't forget to include the #TBT and only do this on a Thursday.
8) Favorite product tips: Do you have a product that you absolutely cannot live without? Why not share it with your followers? Everyone likes to know what's hot and fabulous.
9) Ask followers what they'd like to learn more about: Here's your opportunity to get into your customer's head a little and find out what questions you can answer for them.
10) Share infographics: Infographics are an awesome way to share data in a very visual and relatable way. If you find one that will resonate with your followers, share away!
What types of content have you found to be the most engaging with your audience, GLAD WORKS friends?
PS: This post is just a little taste of our awesomesauce social media e-book coming out in January 2015! Wait for it...
5 Lessons Marketers Can Learn From the ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeWednesday 8/27/14
So the Ice Bucket Challenge has lasted WAY longer than anyone could have ever predicted, yes? Just when you think it's over, there's two, three, four more popping up in your newsfeed on the daily. Some people are all over it, but some are annoyed by it. Whatever side of the fence you may fall on, there's no denying that for marketers, it's a bit of a phenomenon and something we can all learn from. As a result of the campaign, ALSA has experienced an 800% rise in donations. We need to listen to what this thing is telling us because, whoa.
1) Make it easy and fun
Lots of campaigns make it a bit of a struggle to get involved. There's some special place to go to to upload your video or there are lots of restrictions or forms to fill out. The Ice Bucket Challenge has proven that if you make it really simple, it will catch on faster and stronger. This is the ultimate easy thing to do—even a little kid can pour ice into a bucket of water and dump it! So ask yourself, can a four-year-old do this? If the answer is "yes," proceed.
2) Keep money a secondary concern
As soon as people feel like they're about to be obligated to give money, they tend to run away. So, doing this challenge has been kind of an interesting thing since you do the ice bucket instead of giving money, but most people end up donating as well.
Even people who don't donate, let's say that they don't have the disposable income, can participate anyway without feeling badly that they can't afford to help. Maybe they can do the ice bucket and tag a friend who is likely to donate? The Ice Bucket Challenge makes it possible for everyone to contribute in any way they can.
3) Make it so, so, social
When you can find a way to call your friends out on something kind of silly and potentially embarrassing, you jump at it, right? It's all in good fun of course and the Ice Bucket Challenge is genius in that challengers are encouraged to tag three friends to do it too. It's practically impossible to ignore it when someone you know has called you out to do something in front of your social community. Turns out, it spreads like wildfire when you do that.
4) All aboard the train!
The campaign was not something that the ALSA started. Someone else simply started the challenge, just to get people to donate to a charity—any charity. Someone else simply decided to donate to ALSA and it stuck. ALSA jumped on the train and got behind it once they saw that so many people were doing it.
There's nothing wrong with tagging along on a conversation that someone else already started.
In fact, there's another campaign sort of like the Ice Bucket Challenge that just fired up about a week ago. It's called Doubtfire Face for Suicide Prevention. The idea is to stick your face in a pie or get it all full of something (shaving cream, whipped cream, etc.) so that you look like Mrs. Doubtfire in the scene where Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire stuck his/her face in a cake to conceal his/her identity. The campaign was launched by Michael Scotti Jr. to help the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention raise a goal of $500,000. So far they have $3,836. Will they meet their goal?
We think they have a good shot since they've hopped aboard a steaming locomotive!
5) Tell people what you want them to do
Ultimately, all of the things we just mentioned won't work unless you tell people what you want them to do. Make sure your call to action is lively, entertaining and motivates through a sense of urgency:
"Your help is needed now! Take the Challenge today!"
We predict that by the end of the year, we're going to be seeing a lot more challenges being thrown down on social media as more and more marketers pick up on what we can learn from this whole ice bucket phenomenon.
Now we'd like to open up the floor to you, dear GLAD WORKS friends: If you could throw down a challenge like this, what charity would you choose and what would you have people do?
You've been hearing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) this and SEO that for ages. It used to be that you could just have a popular website by having good content and keywords that would get you some good search engine results. But that's not good enough anymore. Those things are still absolutely important, but you've got to start taking a look at how social media sites can help you. It's a whole new bag now, GLAD WORKS friends.
The good ol' days
SEO used to involve two things: the right keywords and authoritative links that led back to your site. And now, social media is taking over and changing the game on us as search engine results have started bringing social signals (1+s, retweets and facebook likes) to help inform search engine results.
(For an explanation of SEO and why it's important, we will refer you to a post we wrote a little while back. Things have even changed since we wrote that post, but it will still give you some important basics.)
How to baste your social media with SEO Awesomesauce
It all starts with content. If you have good quality content, you'll have a solid launching point for successful SEO. This is because Google pushes high quality content over high quantity content. You can have a ton of stuff out there, but if it's not great, you're out of luck. Google wants to send users only to the best content, not the them most content.
Write love notes to Google
No, we don't mean writing such romantic poems like "roses are red, violets are blue, there's no other search engine better than you." We mean that there's a way to write to get Google's attention. That means writing how you speak. People perform searches in their own words, so if Google can find that, you'll come up in a search. This is why the internet tends to be a bit more informal and colloquial. It's how people talk and talking to people is what it's all about.
With that in mind, it follows that if you write high quality content in words that people understand, appreciate and get value from, they're more likely to share it on social sites like facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. This connects your brand to a wider network of people and allows your message to spread. All you have to do is be clever about it and let the sharing begin!
Getting people to share your content
Getting people to share your content may seem like a daunting task, but it's actually not. You can customize your social media buttons on your website to make it easier for them to share in just the click of a button. Have them at the bottom of every page or blog post so it's right there in front of them. The goal here isn't to get more "likes" on facebook. You're looking for shares and retweets. If a reader feels like your content is shareable, then their friends are likely to read it and, perhaps, share it with their friends and so on.
Don't make your posts all about you
A great way to reach people is to talk to them about them. Don't go on and on about your fabulous product. Understand and address your customer's pain points. Give them a solution and they'll be pleased as punch to help spread the good news for you.
If you want something, just ask!
Sometimes people don't realize that the next step is to share what they've just read. Maybe include something like "If you liked this post, share it with your friends today!" Having a clear call to action is never a bad thing.
Pictures, people!
Everyone likes images and because of that, they can be great SEO bait, so never overlook the power of an image. Content is super important, but images impact SEO and can be optimized many different ways like in the way you caption them and describe them.
Google + is a biggie
If you were Google, who's social posts would you favor to come up in search results? That's right! You'd favor your own! That's why Google+ is a powerful tool and a great place to post links to your content. Being active there will help you a lot! You can even toss in a few keywords to make it extra attractive. Just make sure you don't sound like a robot. Nobody likes a spammer.
It doesn't end with just posting things
You have to measure what's working. Use your analytics to see where your traffic is coming from and what's working and what's not. Be at the ready to change your tactics because things can change on the daily. Google Analytics is a great place to start tracking the impact your social media traffic is having.
This is just a quick overview of things that you can do to make social media your SEO partner. Are there any topics mentioned here you'd like us to go into in more detail about?
Leave it in the comments below and it shall be yours. Let GLAD WORKS be your guide!
How to Make the most of Pinterest Promoted PinsTuesday 6/24/14
This week, we have the second installment of last week's post about Pinterest Promoted Pins. They're not available yet, but they will be very soon. Now is a great time to start strategizing so that when they're open for business, you are ready to hit the ground running!
Why do you care about Pinterest?
Bottom line? Pinterest shoppers generally spend more per checkout. The numbers average from between $140 and $180 per order compared to shoppers on Facebook and Twitter who spend $80 to $60. Pinteresters are generally people who are searching for ideas and inspiration or just dreaming about how lovely their homes/wardrobes/bodies/emotional lives can be after a little investment.
Given that tidbit, this move by Pinterest is good news for you. What's more is that you'll be able to see what people are pinning from your website and what pins are driving the most traffic over to you. With great analytics available, you'll know what pins to put your ad money behind in order to boost their reach. Basically, this is awesome if your business is well-suited to the Pinterest audience.
How to make the most of Promoted Pins
Before you can start promoting pins, you need to know what you're doing first, so let's spend some time thinking about how to use pins. Last week, we started talking about how to create your business account and how to thoroughly fill out your profile and get a great image to go with it. Go back and read about that if you missed it.
Once you've created your account and you log in for the first time, you'll be asked to choose five boards to follow. Choose boards and categories that are relevant to your business. These are fellow pinners and potential followers and customers for you so choose wisely.
The next thing to consider is pinning strategically to turn your followers into customers. Your boards can be anything you want them to be, so choose ones that you think represent your products the best and give them a cool (yet easy to understand) name. You can even create an inspiration board that combines many different products together in one pin. For example, if you are a clothing retailer, you can assemble outfits. If you own a gift shop, you can create gift set ideas for holidays, weddings, showers, etc. The possibilities are endless!
Make your pins fun and inspiring and you cannot go wrong! But for the love of all that is Pinterest, make sure your photos are REALLY NICE and that they're in jpg, png or gif files only. Pinteresters love pretty pictures. If your picture is bad, they won't even look at it.
A few suggestions for what/how to pin
- Pin product images. If you offer a service, you can show pictures of people using your service.
- Pin and repin. Just like with all other social sites, this is a two way street. You cannot just pin all the livelong day and not pin anyone else's stuff. Give some, get some.
- Popular posts rule. Use the search feature at the upper left and click on "popular." That's how you know what pins are trending at the moment. Get on it and pin something that relates to what's hot right now.
- D-I-Y. Pinterest is all about do-it-yourself type stuff. If you can pin a few photos and instructions into a tutorial, do that. It's a great way to get repinned.
Repins, you want them.
A repin is just like a share on Facebook. The more your pins are shared, the more they will spread and be seen by Pinteresters. So, what to pin is important, but the goal is really going to be getting repins.
There is a ton more to say about Pinterest, but we're already running out of time. To learn more about how to use Pinterest for your business, go straight to the source, right here. And as always, if you need some help getting started, give us a ring. We love Pinterest!
Scriptwriting For the NewbieTuesday 12/10/13
It might seem like an easy task to create a video to put on YouTube, but they take quite a bit of planning and even some trial and error in order to make them flow naturally and get a point across. Sadly, so many videos out there leave something to be desired because the planning time just wasn't there before the camera started rolling. In an effort to rid the world of unfortunate videos, we've put together this list of tips for making a great one.
Get ready for your close up!
Create a storyboard
The first thing you need to do is have a clear goal for your video. Do you want to sell a product, improve your engagement on YouTube, or demonstrate a skill? Whatever it is, you'll want to create a storyboard that maps out the following:
- How long the video will be
- The order in which things will happen
- What will be said in the script
Not all videos will need a script. If you decide that yours doesn't need one, it's even more important to have a storyboard before you turn that camera on. It'll help keep the flow of your video on track and act as your guide during filming.
Writing your script
If your video does require a script, make sure it's written in language your audience will understand and relate to. For example, if you're demonstrating something technical, but your audience is the general public, you'll want to explain things in layman's terms. Your script should say exactly what each person in the video will say, word for word and who will say it.
When the script is being read, it should sound natural and the people who are speaking should appear to be relaxed on camera. If folks in the video are nervous or aren't sure what to say, it's going to come across poorly, so try to choose someone who well prepared and comfortable in front of the lens. Practicing with a few dry runs with the camera turned off before filming is helpful in soothing the jitters too.
Get your visuals together
While you're working on the script, think about what kinds of visuals you can add to your video. Any time you can use charts, photos or other graphical elements, your ideas will come across more easily. Visual elements will help reinforce your message so use them as much as you can. You can even script in some things to include in postproduction.
Include every detail
Even details like wardrobe, shooting locations, camera angles and types of shots belong in your script. Also, don't forget to include the actions the folks in the video take and what kind of music or sound effects will be played.
Scriptwriting takes patience
Don't be surprised if your script takes a lot longer to write than you thought it would. That's totally fine. It's a skill that takes a long time to master and some people spend their whole careers working on it. So, don't worry and don't be in a rush. Invest the time so that your script presents your message in a way that's compelling and to the point. After all, you only have a viewer's attention for a short time. Make it count!
Vine: Six Seconds to Make a Big Impression!Tuesday 8/6/13
Small business owners are always looking for a way to make a splash. You need something that will make a lasting impression without taking up a whole lot of your resources. Vine might just be your answer. It's a new free social media app owned by Twitter where you can upload and share six-second video clips that play on a loop. It doesn't sound like a lot of time, but in just six seconds, you can educate and engage your customers in lots of creative ways. Today, we're going to talk about whether or not Vine is right for your business and how you can get started if you decide to give it a whirl.
Is Vine right for you?
With so many different social media channels out there, it can be incredibly overwhelming to decide which ones are the most important for you to be on. You can't be everywhere at once, so it takes careful consideration before choosing what's best for you. But the cool thing about Vine videos is that they're easily sharable on Facebook and Twitter, so you don't need to start a whole new account and be active in an entirely different place. You can use Vine to enhance what you've already got going on! Since Vine videos are so easy to share on your existing social media sites, we think just about any business can use it efficiently.
How to use Vine for business
Here's where things get fun! Vine videos literally take only a few seconds to create, so don't be afraid to experiment and have fun with it. Even though they're easy to make, it might take you a few tries to get it just right before you're ready to share. In terms of what kind of videos you can create, the sky's the limit! Big guys like Ben and Jerry's, General Electric and Lowe's have all found ways to use Vine to entertain engage and enlighten their customers. If they can do it, so can you! Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Give your customers a behind the scenes look
People LOVE to get a peek behind the scenes. Ben and Jerry's used Vine to do just that in this Vine video. Lowes has also used vine to show quick home improvement tricks.
You don't have to give away all of your secrets, but just a little peek at how the magic is made will tantalize your customers.
Run a contest
Persuade customers to comment on your Twitter, Facebook page or website by having your viewers guess what's happening in your Vine video. The winning guess gets a prize or a special discount!
Display your work
Did you create something you're really proud of like a gorgeous confection or a really cool bag? Use Vine to show it off!
Introduce your team
This is a great way to establish a bond with your customers. By showcasing a member of your team who's hard at work or just acting a little goofy for the camera, Vine viewers will have a chance to get to know and love your staff.
Share your good works
Is your team volunteering at a local animal shelter or collecting school supplies for kids in need? Make a little video showing them in action, doing good for the community.
Get more bodies through the door
Take a video of something fun and special that's going on at your place. Do you have live music in the evenings? Are you doing a wine tasting? Share it with Vine and spark some interest in coming to visit you.
We think Vine has a million great uses and we're noticing that many big brands are taking full advantage of its potential to engage customers. Give it a try and let us know how it works for you!
Oh, and here's our Vine video! :)
Hashtags on Facebook? There Goes The #Neighborhood!Tuesday 7/30/13
Last month, Facebook announced that status updates can now include hashtags that you can click on and search for. Of course, folks have been using hashtags in other places for ages, sticking them in their posts as a way to summarize and describe their thoughts in one or a few words. Hashtags are a great way for users to track conversations on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and Google +, so it's only natural for them to be on Facebook now too; even though Facebook is a little late to the #party. Today we're going to talk about what hashtags are (because we know some of you out there are scratching your heads right now), but we'll also talk about how brands are using them and how you can too! #LetsTalkHashtag!
GLAD WORKS, what's a hashtag?
We're so glad you asked! A hashtag is a word or phrase with a # in front of it. Any combination of characters led by a hash symbol is a hashtag. Hashtags are useful because messages can be tagged and conversations can be tracked through them. So, for example, if you used #SummerFunRI to start a discussion about fun stuff to do in Rhode Island this summer, people looking for that kind of thing would search for #SummerFunRI to view or join the conversation. Hashtags have all sorts of uses ranging from advertisements and promotions to talking about current events.
Hashtags on Facebook turn topics and phrases into links you can click on in your posts on either your personal timeline or brand page. When someone clicks a hashtag, they'll see a feed of posts that include it. They'll also see some hashtags that are related to it at the top. Hashtags are searchable in the bar at the top of any page on Facebook.
How do I use hashtags to promote my business?
Marketers are already all over this looking for ways to use hashtags to their highest potential. We have already seen Starbucks' using the hashtag #strawsome where fans can tag fun pictures of drinks they created with fun straw art. Other companies are using them to designate a special event or date. Some are using them to rally support for a cause. Use your imagination and you'll certainly come up with a creative use for them!
Tips for getting started
Keep in mind that not everyone has hashtag capability yet, but you can certainly start putting them in your public Facebook posts on your profile or page. Everyone who does have the feature will be able to see your hashtags as clickable links.
1. Make them stand out: Try to create hashtags that will stand out and that aren't too general. A hashtag like #seminar isn't specific enough and won't do much to inspire a conversation about the special seminar you're giving. A better hashtag would be something like #GWSeminar2013. That way, it won't get lost in the hashtag sea.
2. Help them get seen: Promote your hashtags by sticking them wherever you can. Put them on your website, all of your social media channels, add them to your email signature and your marketing materials. If you use your hashtag consistently in a variety of places, people will recognize them and it will trigger a buzz.
3. Find a way to motivate: Make sure you give users a reason to share your hashtag. It could be anything from a contest, an event, a discussion, or a charitable cause. Think of a hashtag as a conversation starter and then start a conversation with it!
4. Control yourself: Hashtags have a tendency to get out of control. Once you're in the habit of thinking of them, you start coming up with a bunch and become tempted to use them all in the same post. Don't. The limit is only one or two per post. Anything more could be overwhelming and confusing for folks. Write them down and use them another time. #Andforgoodnesssakedontmakethemtoolongortheyllbetoohardtoread.
Most of what we have suggested here about hashtags can be applied to any social media platform that uses them. If you're going to experiment with them, use this as a guide but remember to be creative and have some fun with it!
Another New Facebook Feature You Should Know AboutTuesday 7/23/13
Facebook recently opened up something called Graph Search to all its users in the United States. It's been touted as Facebook's answer to search engines like Google and Bing, but that's not what it is. It's a way to search through Facebook to see what your friends are doing, what they like, etc. Even if you're not a frequent facebooker personally, there are a few ways for you to make the most out of Graph Search for your business. Today we're going to talk about them, but don't worry. It's not going to be a labor-intensive thing on your part. It's just something to be aware of—for now at least.
What Graph Search does
Like we mentioned earlier, Graph Search is not a place where you can search the web. It's just a way to get access to things like people, places, photos and interests that are already posted on Facebook. You can see things that have been shared by you, your friends, and friends of your friends. If Facebook doesn't know what to do with the results of your search, then it will refer you to Bing results to help you out.
How to do a Graph Search
Graph Search is not turned on automatically, so you have to activate it. Look for the white "F" Facebook icon next to your search bar up at the top. Click inside the search bar and it should say "New Graph Search is here! Take a tour." Look at the list of things you can search for that drops down below the search bar. Then, think of something you'd like to search for like "Friends of friends who like ice cream and dogs who live in Providence" and type it into the search. Facebook will then turn up a few new friends for you. It kind of works like a dating website in that it matches up your specific criteria with a person on Facebook.
It's not a perfect system and it's still got a long way to go before it knocks your socks off, but it's still kind of cool. Play around with it for a few minutes so you fully understand the user experience. Once you've got that down, you can start thinking of ways you can use it.
How you can use this for your business
This new feature can be neat for business owners in a few ways. Let's say you own a dog grooming parlor/ice cream shop in Providence and you want to learn more about the people who might be interested in your place. You can do a search for dog loving ice-cream-eating Providence residents and learn more about them. Is it a little stalker-ish, a little creepy? Yes, yes it is, but it's a great way for you to learn more about your demographic. Besides, you're going to make the dog-loving ice-cream-eating people of Providence very happy someday because you know so much about what they want and need!
Right now you might be thinking: "how can I get my business to come up in these searches?" Well, the first thing you can do is to make sure your business Facebook page is filled out as completely as possible. Check to make sure your location is clear and that you have indicated what your products and services are. Have a great looking image up too so that when you get visitors, you'll look spiffy and professional.
Continue to do your very best to engage your customers on your Facebook page because every interaction you have with your fans will form a sketch of your business. If you have a devoted following, you're going to be bumped up in the search. This is an amazing way for smaller businesses to compete with the big guys. Basically, Graph Search gives you a chance to shine on Facebook that you didn't have before.
Like we said earlier, this is not perfect and has a way to go before it will knock you off your chair in amazement, but for now, it's pretty neat and it's something to be aware of. As always, building engagement with your fans is a great way to ensure success on Facebook. Offer discounts on your Facbook page; respond to comments and post interesting stuff and you'll be on your way to a successful appearance in Graph Search.


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I don't feel so bad blogging about jeans today because it is a mere 73 degrees in New York right now. We all have our favorite jeans, and I wear mine until the holes form in inappropriate places, making them illegal to wear outside of my apartment. For Fall, I chose my 3 favorite denim trends that will take you from New York Fashion Week's street style scene to running errands on the weekends. Leather Blocked with Denim, Drop Crotch Skinny Jeans and Metallic Jeans. The best part of these 3 denim trends is that you can wear them with your lived in basics for a polished look: a basic white tee, a fitted blazer and a pair of heels.
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A Peek Inside Karl Lagerfeld's New Book
It's chock-full of photographs of model Brad Kroenig from the last five years. Have a looksee!
Tomorrow is the launch party for Karl Lagerfeld's new book, Metamorphoses of an American. It "traces the physical and emotional development of Brad Kroenig … the world's most sought-after male model." The book consists entirely of photographs of Brad shot over the last five years by Karl himself. One of the images is above. But more important, next to it is the invitation to the soirée, which explicitly boasts, "Karl Lagerfeld will be present." Obviously, we'll be there, hyperventilating from being in such close proximity to him. We'll try to survive long enough to ask him some burning questions. In the meantime, we're trying to keep calm in a way Karl might: meditating on images of Brad. Won't you join us? After the jump, we have a selection of photographs from the book.


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For eight innings, things were mostly uneventful on August 5. The Phillies were trailing the Marlins, 4-2, in South Florida, and the Phillies' three-game winning streak was in some hot water. Roy Oswalt had a middling start turned into a deficit by J.C. Romero, while Chris Volstad and a pair of Marlins relievers held the Phils at bay.
The, the ninth inning rolled around, and things began to get interesting. Placido Polanco led off by reaching on a Hanley Ramirez error. Ross Gload followed with a single off Marlins reliever Leo Nunez, and Raul Ibanez and Jayson Werth chipped in with their own RBI hits to tie the game.
So, with runners on first and third with no one out, the Phillies looked primed to take the lead. A series of baserunning gaffes, however, curiously ended the threat. If you don't want to subject yourself to the highlight video, the blow-by-blow was as follows:
- Raul Ibanez is caught between third and home on a grounder to first, one out.
- Jayson Werth is picked off second, two out.
- Domonic Brown, who reached on Ibanez's fielder's choice, is caught stealing second with Chooch up, three out.
So, with a combination of two mental errors and a suspect strategic decision, the Phillies had squandered a chance to take the lead in the ninth. The Marlins, looking to capitalize, had Hanley Ramirez leading off against Ryan Madson. Madson plunks Hanley, strikes out Logan Morrison as Hanley steals second, and settles in to face Marlins rookie first baseman Gaby Sanchez. Then, on a 1-1 pitch, Madson threw a fastball that Sanchez appeared to pull a should-have-been game-winning hit down the third base line.
Alas, it wasn't meant to be. The "hit" was deemed foul, Sanchez proceeded to strike out, and Madson escaped trouble. Fittingly, Ruiz, still at-bat after being at the plate when Brown was caught stealing, led off the tenth with a laser home run, a solo shot that proved to be the deciding margin in a wacky late-inning affair. Some saw it as karmic payback (albeit a month-and-a-half late) for a Braves win against the Tigers in June that had its own curious circumstances.
Whatever the case, with a little help, the Phils had stretched out a four-game winning streak, and remained hot on Atlanta's heels.
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Actually, I was down in Florida for this game. It was my first time at Sun Life stadium.. Or whatever that thing is called now. The final innings of this game were spectacular. Elfin chooch hit that hard… And those base running mistakes were embarrassing. Thought we were gonna lose, then win, then lose… And bam. We won. These are the best type of games to witness. Good on your nerves!
I still can't understand what every commentator was complaining about. They should re-read the rules of the game. It doesn't matter where the ball lands, it matters where the ball goes over the third base bag. It was the right call by the umpire and the Marlins and their dozens of fans were just in need of something to cry over.
Sorry Philsphan80, they all know the rules, as do I, and the only problem is the ball is fair before third base then bounces fair in the outfield so unless there was some kind of incrediable spin on that ball there is no much chance that ball did not go over the base. But I will take the win, I am sure if you scoure all the Phillies games, there have been some blown calls that went against them. That is what is great about baseball, 162 games some go against you some go for you
Raul got picked off on purpose to avoid there from being a double play. He made no mistake, that was actually a smart play.
That's not the strategy I would employ with first and third no one out. Maybe you wait and send Raul once you see the first baseman make the throw to second to get the lead runner, but you're not even sure he'll do that. Raul was going on the crack of the bat, probably not his decision, but one way or the other the decision was made already. Now I've never coached at a high level, but I just think it was a mistake. If you're saying that Raul did a good job once it was clear he was a dead duck, fine. But why send him on the crack of the bat with runners on the corners in a tie game ninth inning with no outs and no force at third?


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NEW YORK — Saying that "Gay rights are human rights," Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate, has endorsed same-sex marriage.
"I believe America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being," Clinton said in a video posted yesterday on the Internet by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights advocacy group. Her announcement comes as the Supreme Court is about to hear two gay-rights cases that advocates hope will make same-sex marriage legal nationwide.
Clinton had not previously come out in favor of same-sex marriage, but she did take steps to protect gay couples when she was secretary of state, work that she said "inspired me to think anew" about the values she held.
Clinton spoke in the video of the wedding of her daughter, Chelsea, saying, "I wish every parent that same joy."
Bill Clinton expressed his support last week for overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law — which he signed — that requires the federal government to view marriage as between a man and a woman.


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The facility houses six separate gallery areas (including one just for kids) that can be used individually or in tandem, and those galleries hold an average of 16 exhibits each year. Shows range from the works of internationally known artists, to art by area schoolchildren. There is ALWAYS something interesting to see.
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HAMPTON, VA - Former Fayetteville State three-sport star Frederick Bibby has been selected to the 2013 Class of the John B. McLendon, Jr. Hall of Fame; announced by the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The class consists of six members and was voted upon by the CIAA Executive Committee. The honorees will be enshrined in a ceremony held on Friday, March 2 at 11 a.m. in the Charlotte Convention Center.
The six-member class, along with Bibby, is made up of: James McLinnaham, Wrestling (Winston-Salem State); Alfonza Carter, Athletic Director, Head Men's and Women's Basketball Coach (Shaw); Damon "Redd" Thompson, Football (Virginia State); The Flying Foursome (Track and Field), Morgan State; Lou Anderson, Head Football Coach (Virginia State University); Leonard Carmichael, Men's Basketball (Elizabeth City State).
Bibby participated in three sports during his time at Fayetteville State. He played basketball and baseball while also running track and field for the Broncos. During his senior year, he was named captain for both the track and field and basketball team. He was named to the All-American team in 1963-64. Bibby was considered one of the most prolific scorers of his time, along with his rebounding abilities, that placed him second in the conference. He was inducted into the Fayetteville University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 for his outstanding play in basketball and baseball, and outstanding academic achievement.
To purchase a table for the McLendon Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Brunch, please contact Monique Smith, Associate Commissioner at (757) 864-0152.


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Enjoy complimentary food, music, prizes while dialoguing with medical doctors about pertinent health issues or partaking in exercise classes.
CWC is housed inside of Anacostia Arts Center, bringing a delightfully artsy and upbeat atmosphere that is perfect for working your body and stimulating your mind with vital health information. Community Wellness Collective offers a variety of classes that are sure to bring fun and excitement to those who live East of the River.
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A private collection of material focusing on the never ending joys of the Trimet industrial complex (https://twitter.com/AlYourPalster)
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
ATU 757 developed sensible call stop program plan
Michael Ford never acted on it.
Maybe we should follow Lima Peru's transit privatization policies
There are some similarities between our old fleet and Lima's.
The Associated Press: Taming Lima's chaotic, poisonous transit system
The Associated Press: Taming Lima's chaotic, poisonous transit system
Portland engineer Suresh Paranjpe asks $458 million question: Is Lake Oswego streetcar based on distorted commuting future?
My appearance on the Lars Larson Show
I stuck to facts only and did not embellish anything in an attempt to sensationalize this story any more than it already has been.
Transit advocate Michael Levine shows me support
If I can help in anyway please let me know....
We do not always agree on every issue but I do believe you are providing an important service and anyone including me that puts TriMet in a negative light is a target - trust me I know!
I'll be speaking with LARS LARSON today at 12:20 PM
And I will be emphasizing my rights to freedom of movement and ideas when I am off the clock at Trimet!
Trimet has no right to be threatening my job right now because I got an email from somebody that contained information that embarrassed the agency.
Trimet managers are lying if they are trying to put forth the argument that I "stole" the video file from their secret vault.
Trimet has been breaking the law by violating the union contract, and Trimet is breaking the law in trying to discipline me for exercising my freedom of expression and freedom of the press!
Stealthwaveraptor gives me some support!
go figure as i always say. its the big brother control freaks that are causing the trouble with all of us and our jobs using freedom of speech against us
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Front Matter883 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/v883.frontmatterView Description Hide Description
Avoiding Reflex Responses: Strategies for Revealing Students' Conceptual Understanding in Biology883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508676View Description Hide Description
There is widespread concern about the level of scientific literacy in the U. S. An important, although often overlooked, point, is that student learning is generally only a good as the assessments used to measure it. Unfortunately, most assessments measure recall and recognition rather than conceptual understanding, and as a result over‐estimate levels of scientific literacy. We have encountered this fact during the construction of the Biology Concept Inventory (BCI). Using the concept of diffusion, which is taught in a wide range of introductory biology, chemistry, and physics courses, as an exemplar, we describe lessons learned and strategies we use to create questions that better probe student understanding.
Is Inquiry‐Based Instruction Good for Elementary Teaching Majors? The Effects on Chemistry Content Knowledge and Views About Teaching and Learning Science883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508677View Description Hide Description
Although science educators have advocated that elementary teaching majors learn science concepts using inquiry‐based methods, many college professors believe that these courses are merely "watered down" versions of traditional lecture‐based courses. This study compared the chemistry content knowledge of elementary teaching majors enrolled in an inquiry‐based course and science majors enrolled in traditional lecture‐based courses. It also compared the elementary teaching majors' views of how science is taught and learned to the views of secondary science teaching majors. The elementary teaching majors developed chemistry content knowledge comparable to the students enrolled in the traditional lecture‐based course, but they developed views regarding how science is taught and learned that were more in line with the constructivist ideals than the secondary science teaching majors. The elementary teaching majors also improved their interest and confidence in teaching science in the elementary school setting. These results suggest that both sets of teaching majors would benefit more from inquiry‐based science courses than lecture‐based courses.
Physics Education Research and Human Subjects: The PER Community and Institutional Review Boards883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508679View Description Hide Description
This workshop was a discussion among participants about human subjects and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and dealt with the following questions: (1) What are the important human subjects issues facing physics education researchers? Do few, many, or most PER projects raise issues of confidentiality, liability, withholding of learning, differences in grading policy, impact of the student lack of informed consent, or other ethical issues? (2) Should PER physicists at each institution create a common IRB form to be used by all PER researchers at that institution? (3) Should the PER community as a group address the IRB issues as a community? If so, what might the outcome be? (4) Should all PER research be exempt from IRB approval, given the extreme unlikelihood of student physical or emotional damage? How could such global exemption be achieved?
Are They All Created Equal? A Comparison of Different Concept Inventory Development Methodologies883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508680View Description Hide Description
The creation of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) was a seminal moment for Physics Education Research. Based on the development of the FCI, many more concept inventories have been developed. The problem with the development of all of these concept inventories is there does not seem to be a concise methodology for developing these inventories, nor is there a concise definition of what these inventories measure. By comparing the development methodologies of many common Physics and Astronomy Concept Inventories we can draw inferences about different types of concept inventories, as well as different valid conclusions that can be drawn from the administration of these inventories. Inventories compared include: Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT), Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA), Conceptual Survey in Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM), Diagnostic Exam Electricity and Magnetism (DEEM), Determining and Interpreting Resistive Electric Circuits Concept Test (DIRECT), Energy and Motion Conceptual Survey (EMCS), Force Concept Inventory (FCI), Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE), Lunar Phases Concept Inventory (LPCI), Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG‐K) and Wave Concept Inventory (WCI).
Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508681View Description Hide Description
Researchers have created several tools for evaluating conceptual understanding as well as students' attitudes and beliefs about physics; however, the field of problem solving is sorely lacking a broad use evaluation tool. This missing tool is an indication of the complexity of the field. The most obvious and largest hurdle to evaluating physics problem solving skills is untangling the skills from the physics content knowledge necessary to solve problems. We are tackling this problem by looking for the physics problem solving skills that are useful in other disciplines as well as physics. We report on the results of a series of interviews comparing physics students' skills when solving physics problems with their anonymous completion of the problem solving instrument. There is an encouragingly good match.
Physics Education Research in an Engineering Context883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508682View Description Hide Description
We report on an ongoing investigation of student understanding in several introductory engineering courses at Hamburg University of Technology. Preliminary results from a first‐year electrical engineering course indicate that many students did not gain a conceptual understanding of the material. Some students had difficulty interpreting graphical representations of information or displayed a lack of understanding of basic principles. Specific examples concerning load lines and three‐phase systems are used to illustrate how general findings from physics education research can guide investigations of student understanding and the development of curriculum in an introductory engineering context.
The Cognitive Blending of Mathematics and Physics Knowledge883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508683View Description Hide Description
Numbers, variables, and equations are used differently in a physics class than in a pure mathematics class. In physics, these symbols not only obey formal mathematical rules but also carry physical ideas and relations. This paper focuses on modeling how this combination of physical and mathematical knowledge is constructed. The cognitive blending framework highlights both the different ways this combination can occur and the emergence of new insights and meaning that follows such a combination. After an introduction to the blending framework itself, several examples from undergraduate physics students' work are analyzed.
Probing Student Reasoning and Intuitions in Intermediate Mechanics: An Example With Linear Oscillations883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508684View Description Hide Description
The study of linear oscillations—including simple harmonic, damped, and driven oscillations—is not only fundamental in classical mechanics but lies at the heart of numerous applications in the engineering sciences. Results from research conducted in the context of junior‐level mechanics courses suggest the presence of specific conceptual and reasoning difficulties, many of which seem to be based on fundamental concepts. Evidence from pretests (ungraded quizzes) will be presented to illustrate critical difficulties in understanding conceptual underpinnings, relating concepts to graphical representations (e.g., motion graphs), and connecting the physics to the relevant differential equations of motion. Preliminary results from the development of a tutorial approach to instruction, modeled after Tutorials in Introductory Physics by McDermott, et al., suggest that such an approach can be effective in both physics and engineering courses. (Supported by NSF grants DUE‐0441426 and DUE‐0442388.).
Reforming a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors using a PER‐based design883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508685View Description Hide Description
We have reformed a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors by radically changing both the content and the learning techniques implemented in lecture and homework. Traditionally this course has been taught in a manner similar to the equivalent course for physics majors, focusing on mathematical solutions of abstract problems. Based on interviews with physics and engineering professors, we developed a syllabus and learning goals focused on content that was more useful to our actual student population: engineering majors. The content of this course emphasized reasoning development, model building, and connections to real world applications. In addition we implemented a variety of PER‐based learning techniques, including peer instruction, collaborative homework sessions, and interactive simulations. We have assessed the effectiveness of reforms in this course using pre/post surveys on both content and beliefs. We have found significant improvements in both content knowledge and beliefs compared with the same course before implementing these reforms and a corresponding course for physics majors.
Investigation Of Student Learning In Thermodynamics And Implications For Instruction In Chemistry And Engineering883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508686View Description Hide Description
As part of an investigation into student learning of thermodynamics, we have probed the reasoning of students enrolled in introductory and advanced courses in both physics and chemistry. A particular focus of this work has been put on the learning difficulties encountered by physics, chemistry, and engineering students enrolled in an upper‐level thermal physics course that included many topics also covered in physical chemistry courses. We have explored the evolution of students' understanding as they progressed from the introductory course through more advanced courses. Through this investigation we have gained insights into students' learning difficulties in thermodynamics at various levels. Our experience in addressing these learning difficulties may provide insights into analogous pedagogical issues in upper‐level courses in both engineering and chemistry which focus on the theory and applications of thermodynamics.
Helping Students Learn Quantum Mechanics for Quantum Computing883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508687View Description Hide Description
Quantum information science and technology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field drawing researchers from science and engineering fields. Traditional instruction in quantum mechanics is insufficient to prepare students for research in quantum computing because there is a lack of emphasis in the current curriculum on quantum formalism and dynamics. We are investigating the difficulties students have with quantum mechanics and are developing and evaluating quantum interactive learning tutorials (QuILTs) to reduce the difficulties. Our investigation includes interviews with individual students and the development and administration of free‐response and multiple‐choice tests. We discuss the implications of our research and development project on helping students learn quantum mechanics relevant for quantum computing.
Enabling Informed Adaptation of Reformed Instructional Materials883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508688View Description Hide Description
Instructors inevitably need to adapt even the best reform materials to suit their local circumstances. We offer a package of research‐based, open‐source, epistemologically‐focused mechanics tutorials, along with the detailed information instructors need to make effective modifications and offer professional development to teaching assistants. In particular, our tutorials are hyperlinked to instructor's guides that include the rationale behind the various questions, advice from experienced instructors, and video clips of students working on the materials. Our materials thus facilitate their own implementation and develop instructor expertise with PER‐based instructional materials.
Chemistry vs. Physics: A Comparison of How Biology Majors View Each Discipline883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508689View Description Hide Description
A student's beliefs about science and learning science may be more or less sophisticated depending on the specific science discipline. In this study, we used the physics and chemistry versions of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) to measure student beliefs in the large, introductory physics and chemistry courses, respectively. We compare how biology majors — generally required to take both of the courses — view these two disciplines. We find that these students' beliefs are more sophisticated about physics (more like the experts in that discipline) than they are about chemistry. At the start of the term, the average % Overall Favorable score on the CLASS is 59% in physics and 53% in chemistry. The students' responses are statistically more expert‐like in physics than in chemistry on 10 statements (P ⩽ 0.01), indicating that these students think chemistry is more about memorizing disconnected pieces of information and sample problems, and has less to do with the real world. In addition, these students' view of chemistry degraded over the course of the term. Their favorable scores shifted −5.7% and −13.5% in 'Overall' and the 'Real World Connection' category, respectively, in the physics course, which used a variety of research‐based teaching practices, these scores shifted 0.0% and +0.3%, respectively. The chemistry shifts are comparable to those previously observed in traditional introductory physics courses.
Writing in an Introductory Physics Lab: Correlating English Quality with Physics Content883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508690View Description Hide Description
Members of the Physics and English departments at The Ohio State University and Rochester Institute of Technology are involved in an ongoing study addressing issues related to writing activities in the physics classroom. In summer quarter, 2005, the introductory calculus‐based physics lab students wrote essays, some sections with and some without explicit writing instruction. We found a student's essay grade for English correlated strongly with that assigned for physics. In addition, we have studied the location and type of comments made by both physics and English instructors on individual student essays, and the statements students made within their essays. The results from the analysis of our data will be presented.
The Effectiveness of Incorporating Conceptual Writing Assignments into Physics Instruction883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508691View Description Hide Description
This preliminary study examines the impact of conceptual writing assignments on student understanding of two physics concepts. Writing assignments covered the concepts of Newton's Third Law and the impulse‐momentum relationship and were given to students in both high school and college level introductory physics classes. The students in these classes along with students in classes taught in an identical fashion by the same instructors without the addition of writing assignments were tested on their conceptual understanding of the two content areas. The results of this initial study indicate that the efficacy of this approach varied with topic. This study further indicates that students' benefit from the writing assignments was independent of their writing ability.
Characterizing the Epistemologicai Development of Physics Majors883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508692View Description Hide Description
Differences between novice and expert physics students have frequently been reported, yet students' development through intermediate stages has seldom been described. In this study, we characterize undergraduate physics majors' epistemological sophistication at various levels of degree progress. A cross‐section of physics majors was surveyed with the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. Beginning physics majors are significantly more expert‐like than non‐physics majors in introductory physics courses; furthermore, this high level of sophistication is constant over the first three years of the physics degree program, with increases at the senior and graduate levels. Based on longitudinal data on a subset of students, we observe negligible average shift in students' responses over periods of up to two years. We discuss implications for how and why physics students' epistemological sophistication develops, including a possible connection between CLASS survey response and self‐identification as a physicist.
Modeling Aspects Of Nature Of Science To Preservice Elementary Teachers883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508693View Description Hide Description
Nature of science was modeled using guided inquiry activities in the university classroom with elementary education majors. A physical science content course initially used an Aristotelian model where students discussed the relationship between distance from a constant radiation source and the amount of radiation received based on accepted "truths" or principles and concluded that there was an inverse relationship. The class became Galilean in nature, using the scientific method to test that hypothesis. Examining data, the class rejected their hypothesis and concluded that there is an inverse square relationship. Assignments, given before and after the hypothesis testing, show the student's misconceptions and their acceptance of scientifically acceptable conceptions. Answers on exam questions further support this conceptual change. Students spent less class time on the inverse square relationship later when examining electrostatic force, magnetic force, gravity, and planetary solar radiation because the students related this particular experience to other physical relationships.
Beyond Concepts: Transfer From Inquiry‐Based Physics To Elementary Classrooms883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508694View Description Hide Description
Physics education researchers have created specialized physics courses to meet the needs of elementary teachers. While there is evidence that such courses help teachers develop physics content knowledge, little is known about what teachers transfer from such courses into their teaching practices. In this study, we examine how one elementary teacher changed her questioning strategies after learning physics in a course for elementary teachers.
Learning and Dynamic Transfer Using the 'Constructing Physics Understanding' (CPU) Curriculum: A Case Study883(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2508695View Description Hide Description
This research investigated the ways in which students interact with Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU) curriculum in an instructional unit focusing on waves and sound. The research was conducted at University of San Carlos, Philippines with six students. We draw on the constructivist philosophy and employ a phenomenographic approach in our analysis of student conversation during the activity. The dynamic transfer model developed previously was the analytical framework used to map out students' development of ideas as they worked through the instructional materials in this CPU unit.


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Week of April 13th
- Mia learns about Nicole's past.
- Sami wants to tell EJ the truth.
- Kate furthers her plan.
- Melanie and Brady kiss.
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Sami tries to get it together after Rafe walks out on her; Nicole stops Stefano and EJ from cancelling the wedding.
Mia accuses Nicole of lying and insists on taking back her baby; Kate surprises Daniel and Chloe by bringing them together.
Brady tries to tell Nicole that he loves her; Bo tries to catch Hope and Roman in a compromising position.
Philip gets a call to attend a mysterious meeting with a new client; Sami tries to tell EJ about their child.
EJ and Stefano plan to have Philip killed by a hit man; Mia makes a surprise appearance at EJ and Nicole's wedding.
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES: EJ accused Sami of sending Rafe to spy on his family. Melanie gave Brady the courage to go after the woman he loves. Sami vowed to tell EJ about their daughter before he married Nicole. Bo and Hope reconciled after his vision about Roman proved false. Stefano sent a hitman after Philip. Max was introduced to the new waitress, Arianna, at the pub. Stephanie was able to take Philip's mind off work. Brady kissed Melanie after being rejected by Nicole. Mia arrived at the church just before Nicole's wedding. Watch For: Stefano believes he's been poisoned. Mia is surprised by her lack of feelings for Sydney.
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*Chelsea finds out that Max is applying to medical school.
*Hope and Roman get stuck together on a stake out in a hotel.
*Brady tries to convince Nicole not to marry EJ.
*Mia tells Nicole she wants Sydney back.
*A beautiful new waitress, Arianna, begins working at the Brady Pub.
Thursday Ė Sami tells Lucas that Grace is EJís child and that sheís going to tell EJ- today.
Friday Ė Philip and Stephanie finally make love.
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Rafe makes plans to leave Salem for good
Kate plots to bring Chloe and Daniel together
Max contemplates applying to medical school
Sami tells Lucas that Grace is EJ's child
A hit man prepares to strike at Phillip and Steph
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Monday, April 13th
Nicole recognizes Rafe; E.J. confronts Sami; Will tells Mia about Nicole's past; Melanie gives Brady advice that leaves him thoughtful.
Tuesday, April 14th
Mia confronts Nicole and insists on taking her baby back; Kate has a surprise for Chloe; Bo has another vision about Hope and Roman.
Wednesday, April 15th
Mia visits Will; Brady tells Nicole he is in love with her; Bo tries to find Hope and Roman; Max works with a new waitress at the Brady pub; Melanie makes a discovery.
Thursday, April 16th
Stephanie's plans with Philip are ruined; Melanie realizes that Brady is in love with Nicole; Sami tells Lucas that E.J. is Grace's father.
Friday, April 17th
A hit man tracks Philip; Stephanie and Philip finally make love; Chloe runs into Brady; Sami is desperate to tell E.J. the truth.
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Monday, April 13th
EJ confronts Sami about Rafe spying on his family; Mia learns about Nicole's past from Will; Melanie gets caught pulling a scam at the Java Cafť, but is saved by Brady.
Tuesday, April 14th
Mia tells Nicole she wants Sydney back; Hope and Roman go on a stakeout at a motel; Kate insists Chloe meet with her because she has a surprise; Kate's assistant alerts her of a crisis.
Wednesday, April 15th
Brady tries to persuade Nicole not to marry EJ; Chelsea finds out that Max is applying to medical school; Hope and Roman get trapped in a motel room; a new waitress named Arianna begins working at the Brady Pub.
Thursday, April 16th
Sami tells Lucas Grace is EJ's child and that she's going to tell EJ; Stephanie finds a creative way to get Philip's attention; Brady pulls away from Melanie's kiss; the bracelet Chloe gives Nicole breaks.
Friday, April 17th
Philip and Stephanie make love; EJ and Stefano put a hit man on Philip's trail; Nicole and EJ's wedding day arrives, and Nicole sees some unexpected faces.
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Originally Posted by ~KRF~
If it would be steam I would sue kishi for stealing my idea of element =/
...you'd sue the creator of the series for using an element that you've made specifically for that series. Yeah, nice logic there, mate.
This series is turning into a long chain of asspulls. Seriously, not only was thins not even hinted at, but if it turns out to be the Lava Release Yoton, it won't even make sense!
it was a joke o.O do I need to post ":D" to make it joke?
It's a combination of her milk and love-juice. Sasuke should embrace her technique imo :o
you guys...you are making mizukage a dirty kage, mm i love dirty...lolz
i think j-man should marry this kage.
so what other KG ( not NBA) are there?
ha I'm not good at long theories but does anyone remeber that ugly looking bijuu the 6 tails it the Jinchuuriki also from the mist village maybe the Mizukage kg might have something to do with the bijuu because the bijuu has the same look skin as the kg the mizukage done
any thoughts?
Originally Posted by Namikaze Naruto
any thoughts?
Tsunade isn' really in a coma but is very healthy and alive and wanted to spy on danzo so she killed the mizukage and became new mizukage so she could come to the meeting??? -.-
Tsunades and jiraiyas daughter is narutos mom which is now mizukage so she can use slimes
Originally Posted by Pepsicool93
Tsunade isn' really in a coma but is very healthy and alive and wanted to spy on danzo so she killed the mizukage and became new mizukage so she could come to the meeting??? -.-
Tsunades and jiraiyas daughter is narutos mom which is now mizukage so she can use slimes
no offense, but are you that stupid?... i was talking about the slugs, tsunades slug had a acid attack, acid spit.
the 6 tailed slug is from the same village as mizukage, so its a really high possibility that he had acid attacks, and mizukage may be related to 6 tailed jinchuriki and thats how she has that kekkei genkai with acid.
This unnamed Dissolving Style ability is the blood inheritance limit of the Clan Godaime Mizukage hails from in the Water Country. This unique Dissolving style is formed through the simultaneous usage of two unknown elemental styles. The citizens of the Water Country blamed the bloodline clans for the constant wars and strife. They turned against the bloodlines and murdered many of them. Clan members fled into hiding and tried to avoid using their bloodline abilities anymore for fear of being killed. After Godaime Mizukage came to power, the internal strife ceased, allowing her to use her abilties without fear.
This ability shares a similar name to the Yonbi Jinchuuriki Roushi's Youton ability, though there are minor kanji radical differences between them. Roushi's Youton uses a "fire" radical, where Mizukage's uses a "water" radical. Roushi formed his Youton with the help of his Bijuu by combining the Fire and Earth Elements to create a lava. It is unknown what elements the Mizukage combines to form her Youton, though it appears liquid in nature.
Its acid
From leafninja.com sorry
i would so want to see the mizukage fight against tsunade!
Originally Posted by Moiz
dark? light? n dark + fire= oil?? wtf is this?!?!?!
if i remember correctly it wasgamabunta that said this cnt remember which ep, ill look into it
Originally Posted by pedroc
What are those dark and light elements?? And where did you read about those??
while kakashi and yamato were training naruto with fusing wind to rasengan naruto asked what are shikamaru and ino's elements to which kakashi replied "we wont go into light and dark just yet"(something along those lines.)
scroll back through teh manga and u will see it
Originally Posted by EAM
the mizukage told that she's yondaime, how is she related to yondaime minato?[/QUOTE
she was refering to the 4th mizukage, not the 4th hokage...I think your confused. Yon/shi in japanese means 4 and yondiame is refering to a person. In Japanese when you count things depening on what they are you don't just say 4(yon/shi). Get it now? They have different words depending on what it is that's being counted. You just called him the 4th minato. Lol
ok thanks for clearing out.
Frogot my bio class bt isn't sperm acidic????????
So mayb she has power over Super-SPERMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like mizukage has 2 kekkai genkai
which is even more impossible
everyone is unique
if 2 clans mate
then new clan born
but with new features
hence there can't be possibility of 2 kekkai genkai
but mizukage just used it
maybe loop hole form kishi
All of the unserious ppl GROW UP!!! its Lava - Yoton = Lava
I beleive her yoton release is combination of fire and water.
If u think it, perhaps wind + fire = steam 5-tails kekke genkai( I highly doubt somke style )
And Lava and Fire relaease dissolve or burn things to cinders. And the yoton attacks looks like a goop. It can't be lava, it'd look a lot different. So the she may use Water-style for like shape manipulation and Fire-style for nature and side-effects(melting).
I really don't get it why Mizukage has only 2 kg when she should have 3! As she said in the manga she controls water, fire and earth. But water+earth=wood element! Shouldn't she also have that kg too?
Originally Posted by TylerVII
I really don't get it why Mizukage has only 2 kg when she should have 3! As she said in the manga she controls water, fire and earth. But water+earth=wood element! Shouldn't she also have that kg too?
wtf -.-
Then she would be evem more OP than MS users -.- 2 KG is more than enough, nobody has 2 KG, and you want 3? Also, how could he have wood if she isnt from Senju?
Originally Posted by Alucard
wtf -.-
Then she would be evem more OP than MS users -.- 2 KG is more than enough, nobody has 2 KG, and you want 3? Also, how could he have wood if she isnt from Senju?
I don't think that being Senju really matters...It is never said in the manga that u have to be Senju in order to use wood element. Besides that, there was no other person excpept the 1st Hokage who could use wood element so we can assume that being a Senju has nothing to do with wood element. If it had there would be others among the clan and his family that could use that element. It would also have been passed to the next generation... But that's just my opinion. I am trying to understand how kg work and other stuff
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The NFL gets back to it this week, exactly seven months after Madonna turned the Super Bowl halftime show into a disjointed mix of ancient Egypt and ridiculous rapper mash-up.
When the Material Girl finally relinquished the stage to the athletes, the New York Giants went True Blue on New England, defeating the Patriots 21-17.
It is hard to say which extravaganza — the game or the garish halftime performance — amazed us more because it was hard to distinguish between the two. The NFL is wildly popular in part because, like pop culture, it blends brilliant marketing with money-making mayhem.
Fantasy football and gambling help make the NFL No. 1 in America, but at its core, the league is successful because it appeals to our American interests. We Yanks fall for advertising shtick almost as hard as we crave action films. And what is the NFL if not a combination of the two?
Don't take my word for it. Listen to fans who actually played the game. After years of crowd participation, former NFL players Paul Warfield, Shawn Springs and Donnie Nickey remain glued to the game as TV viewers and fans in the stands. They offer an insider's perspective on what makes the NFL so popular entering its 92nd year of operation.
"It's the violence and physical nature of the game," said Nickey, a former Tennessee Titan special teams player who retired last season. "There is something primal about being more physical, faster and stronger ... it's a law-of-the-jungle-type thing."
Nickey, who played safety at Ohio State, said the brutality beckons him into the stadium — he plans to attend most of the Titans' home games this season — but what holds his interest are the individual matchups. He encourages fans to focus on more than the big picture.
"The battles within the game," he said. "There are a lot of individual games going on. The receivers are playing a different game than the linebackers."
Springs retired in 2010 after 13 seasons in the NFL. Springs, a former Ohio State cornerback, watches games so closely he said he can tell within one or two series which team will win.
"I can't watch a game normal," Springs said. "I watch part of the first quarter and tell which guys are playing well and which are going to get beat. That's why they don't let (current) NFL guys bet."
And why friends seek him out as a fantasy football consultant.
Attention to detail makes Springs a more discerning viewer than most of us, but like fans watching at home he also revels in the athleticism.
"I just think the athletes are amazing to watch," he said, adding that he pays special attention to former teammates. "A guy like RGIII (Robert Griffin III) is a pleasure to watch. He can throw it a mile and is so fast and strong. Aaron Rodgers? The way he sidesteps and still throws it 50 yards on a rope? And I love seeing the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers smash each other into oblivion. I like seeing the big hits."
Warfield is years removed from the field, having ended his 13-season Hall of Fame career in 1977.
But he watches as many games as he can, paying closest attention to Cleveland — where he began and ended his career — and Miami, where he won two Super Bowl rings.
What makes the NFL the perfect American sport?
"The NFL has done a great job of keeping its product at a high level of play," Warfield said, alluding to organizational brilliance that includes marketing itself to the middle class. "And it's a sport geared for viewing on television. When play stops periodically, for commercial messages, it doesn't disrupt the flow of the game."
Warfield also mentioned the officiating, which unlike some leagues (he singled out the NBA) does not offer preferential treatment to individual stars.
Ultimately, however, Warfield is like the rest of us.
"I like the big plays, the high action and the marvelous athletes," he said.
I would add that the beer and pretzels don't hurt, either.
Rob Oller is a sports reporter for The Dispatch.


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Fire up CrossCountry Canada and start delivering potash from Saskatoon to Winnipeg in the most subdued and frustrating manner possible!
While speculation grows about who hacked Sony Pictures and published tens of gigabytes of their confidential information, a hacker from the team responsible has claimed they're North Korean and told us to go fuck ourselves.
The multi-tentacled crime drama that surrounded Rob Ford's mayoral tenure is kind of like the Serial podcast for Toronto politics nerds, and the mess continues to be heavily investigated online by armchair sleuths.
"When I grabbed him, the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five-year-old holding on to Hulk Hogan."
A group calling itself Aerith has launched DDoS attacks against the Ottawa and Toronto cops because they say the police arrested the wrong kid in a "swatting" case.
The Canadian government has a new ad campaign targeted at boomers with the stern message: if your teenager smokes weed, their brain will melt.
Despite all three Pirate Bay founders being in custody, the torrent tracker had over 48 million connected users yesterday and shared nearly 7 million torrents.
The guy who tried to sell the Rob Ford crack tape says it does.
He's not a huge fan of the Canadian government's policies.
Charlo Greene has gone viral and is on a quest to free the weed.
Chatting about cannabis medications and eating weed pizza with patients.
It's pushing private, medical growers out of the game.
We talked about the whole 'humping a dead moose' thing.
Rodger's internet footprint is littered with sickening quotes.
They know the name of a volatile country that the NSA is spying on.
It was supposed to be about skating rinks, but it quickly devolved into racist accents, public urination and his driver getting arrested for extortion.
A comprehensive discussion of Toronto's absurd political mess and its crack-smoking mayor.
I spoke to "Nick", who was ordered to pay €7.7 million after his piracy lawsuit.
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Today's Local Music: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
By Steven Short • Mar 20, 2014
The voices you're hearing at the moment belong to the 300 members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. The chorus claims the title of the "world's first openly gay chorus," having started in 1978.
Their spring performance is called "Luster: An American Songbook," and Ann Hampton Callaway, noted practitioner of these songs, will be joining them. The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus has two performances scheduled next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25th and 26th at Davies Symphony Hall, starting at 8:00pm.