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Hey everyone, trying to get back into a semi-normal routine this week.
'Hu, S., Torphy, K. T., Opperman, A., Jansen, K., & Lo, Y. J. (2018). What do teachers share within socialized knowledge communities: A case of Pinterest. Journal of Professional Capital and Community."
This study was focused on Pinterest. Interestingly, it used mathematical analysis to cross analyze cognitive demands, specific boards, and cognitive demand levels. Teachers make boards of math subjects to access instructional materials mostly connected to "Remember" and "Apply". More experienced teachers curate higher quality sources and develop higher thinking orders. They recommend that teachers need more support to curate higher quality resources and more worthwhile content that can engage both instructors and students at higher levels. I have experience with this first-hand - it's a lot easier to gather a lot of lower level info on an easier platform like Pinterest than really focus on "quality over quantity" and do more legwork to find resources.
Young, S. W. H., & Rossmann, D. (2015). Building library community through social media. Information Technology and Libraries, 34(1), 20-37. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v34i1.5625
The use of "intentional social media practices" was great here. Like what we are bouncing around and trying this term! Note that this was built around connecting with students and building community. They had a slogan - "Be interesting, be interested". This translated to sharing original, "personality rich" content with the community and regularly interacting and responding to the community. Overall, they achieved their goals and boosted their engagement and success. It was notable to read a research article about increasing social media engagement - something I've done in the past just on vibes and feelings, not carefully monitored statistics and analysis. Two-way interaction that is personality rich was their conclusion.
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