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Education and Mobile Marketing

Why is a mobile marketing strategy good for educational institutions? Because communicating through a single channel alone is often ineffective and response rates can be alarmingly low. By orchestrating new media like Mobile Text, Email, IM, Voice, and Social Media, you can dramatically increase enrollment, brand awareness, and return on investment. Why, you ask? Because:1) There…See More
Feb 18
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Mobile Marketing In Education

A group to discuss the advantages and disadvantages to using mobile devices in attracting, keeping and engaging students in their education experience.See More
Feb 16
Daniel Baker commented on Jim Roberts's group Software Development in Education
"IEP4U.COM has over 4000  Goals and Objectives (IEP-ITP) each with changeable benchmarks. The Idea Statements are spread out over seven subjects (Domains) and four functional levels (Limited Version). Teachers, parents and students can now…"
Oct 3, 2011
Jim Roberts commented on Steve Hargadon's group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!
"Thanks Joanne. I appreciate your thoughts. I did change up the design a bit. Thanks"
Sep 2, 2011
Jim Roberts posted a blog post

Mobile Applications Versus Mobile Web Sites In Education

The future of mobile development is a strong one. The question these days is..."Is it better to build a mobile website or a mobile app"? Will new and developing browser technologies like HTML5 make the…See More
Aug 30, 2011
Jim Roberts commented on Steve Hargadon's group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!
"I was wondering if I could get some critique of my blog called the Happy Developer It is  geared towards learning and technology in education. I wanted to get some thoughts from educators within Classroom 2.0. Be as honest as you want. :) It…"
Aug 30, 2011
Jim Roberts replied to Denise Lindstrom's discussion Guidelines for Social Media in Higher Education in the group Social Media in Higher Education: University 2.0
"For me, the whole point of social media is to be just that social...to collaborate. To bring together like minded people and share ideas is the key. Students these days are very web savvy....way more then the actual institutions they attend. I think…"
Aug 29, 2011
Jim Roberts posted a blog post

Website Images Are Key For Educational Branding

Whether you like to admit or not, a poor marketing campaign and website often fail because of poor photography. It may be hard for web designers and developers to come to terms with but images can inspire, invigorate, intrigue, and communicate so much more and faster than words can. Face it, guys, it’s a visual world, more so every day.Good images have to be…See More
Apr 16, 2011
Jim Roberts posted a blog post

Understand Targeted Texting and Its Affect On Enrollment Outcomes

Mongoose Research is a leading edge company out of  Buffalo New York that uses targeted texting campaigns to help colleges and universities with recruitment. According to their website: "Text is the new e-mail. iPhones are the new status symbol. Facebook is the new pizza parlor. So, you can either change how you talk with your audiences, or you can lose their…See More
Mar 11, 2011
Jim Roberts posted a blog post

Beginning Google Analytics: Interpreting and Acting on Your Data

When starting a web site, it is a good idea to get a measurable data on how well your site is doing.  One way to do that is with a tool that most of you may have heard of but might not understand. It is called…See More
Feb 11, 2011
Jim Roberts posted a blog post

Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom

For those of you living in a cave, let me first give you a pretty good description of a blog from the…See More
Feb 9, 2011
Heidi Siwak commented on Jim Roberts's blog post Why Your Schools Social Media Strategy Is Falling Behind.
"Wow, I can't imagine having zero access. We do have blocked sites other than Facebook at my school board, but we can always request an unblock and the IT department will look at the site for safety. If it gets cleared, it becomes unblocked."
Feb 6, 2011
Stephen A. Schneiter commented on Jim Roberts's blog post Why Your Schools Social Media Strategy Is Falling Behind.
"Heidi, I see this a lot around the country with teachers I work with.  Teachers may be interested in implementing some technology but they have there hands tied and are limited as to any access they have in the classroom.  Some teachers do…"
Feb 5, 2011
Heidi Siwak commented on Jim Roberts's blog post Why Your Schools Social Media Strategy Is Falling Behind.
"Interestingly enough, my board has unblocked You Tube, but not facebook. I don't get it."
Feb 5, 2011
Jim Roberts commented on Steve Hargadon's group Free & Open Source Software
"Anyone have experience in using Moodle?"
Feb 5, 2011
Jim Roberts commented on Jim Roberts's group Software Development in Education
"If anyone has a blog on software in education. Feel free to list it here as this group grows. I am at The Happy Developer Be sure to follow. Thanks!"
Feb 5, 2011

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At 3:49am on February 8, 2011, Heidi Siwak said…
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