White Papers, Working Documents and Consulting Projects

Applications of social network analysis. PDF illustrating a variety of applications.
(PDF doc)

Working Documents:
Action Research for Teachers
A day-to-day guide for integrating technology into instructional practices.
(Coming Soon)

Consulting Projects:
South Cook Educational Consortium (SCEC) Program evaluation project Year 1 report
(PDF doc)

Sample Sociometric report for a
small organization
(PDF doc)

Smaller Learning communities
First year preliminary review of
Viking Freshman Advantage
(PDF doc)

Contact Us

News/Articles

What’s new in education and business.

Conferences and Meetings

AERA
Annual Meeting
April 12-16, 2004
San Diego, California
http://www.aera.net

INSNA
Feb 2004
http://www.sfu.ca/~insna

AEA
http://www.eval.org


ASCD
http://www.ascd.org

People:  Mark Lombardi
Lombardi created intricate pattern of curves and arcs to illustrate the links between people and the events surrounding them. His illustrations are both art and science.
1. http://www.npr.org

2. http://www.pierogi2000.com

Places: Chicago
Chicago Women
http://www.chicagobusiness.com

Hot News:
Business 2.0 declared that Social
Network Analysis is the winner among all the various contenders for the title of "Best New Technology of 2003". Runner- ups include 64-bit chips, micro harddrives, and Voice Over Internet Protocols.

Search Engine:
KartOO is a metasearch engine with visual display. When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps through a proprietary algorithm.
http://kartoo.com

 

Favorite Places

For Business:
Chicago Business.com
http://www.chicagobusiness.com

Business2.0
http://www.business2.com

For Schools:
Illinois State Board of Education
http://www.isbe.state.il.us

Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.gse.harvard.edu

Study Circles for Better Schools
http://www.sedl.org

Assessment Resources:
Thomas A. Angelo and
K. Patricia Cross
From Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, 2nd Ed.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu

Illinois: Performance Descriptors and Classroom Assessments
http://www.isbe.net/ils/descriptor.htm

Evaluation
Education Development Center (EDC) is an international, non-profit organization with 325 projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world.
http://main.edc.org/default.asp

For data analysis:
Data Guru - survey response options
http://dataguru.org

   

Did You Know?

 Shakespeare Social Networks

Copyright Paul James Mutton, 2001-2004, http://www.jibble.org/

You can make Shakespeare come alive for students by looking at the connections of the characters to each other before reading the text. 

http://www.jibble.org/shakespeare/ to learn more about social networks.

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/jibbler/ to see video clips of the social networks of the characters for over 37 plays