{"id":688,"date":"2014-07-08T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T15:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2014-07-08T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T15:45:43","slug":"storify-and-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/2014\/07\/08\/storify-and-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"A student asking for advice about earning a master’s degree provides the perfect excuse to test out Storify"},"content":{"rendered":"
A student posted the following question on Facebook asking a question about the type of master's degree she should pursue:<\/div>\n
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I decided to inquire with some of my doctoral students over on Twitter. They gave her some good advice, but it was going to be difficult to share the full picture with her, since she isn't on Twitter. Even if she was a regular Twitter user, it can sometimes be cumbersome to follow conversations over there, if you are new to the way that Twitter virtual dialog occurs.<\/div>\n
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I instantly thought that this was a perfect application of a website I had heard of, but hadn't tried: Storify<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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You can see, below, how I was able to place the individual Tweets in the order that made the most sense.\u00a0Storify<\/a> offers plenty of other social media content sources to choose from: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Getty Images, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, or you can Google anything or link to just about anything.<\/div>\n
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If you're reading this story on email, as a subscriber of\u00a0our Teaching in Higher Ed weekly updates<\/a>, you may not be able to view the embedded Storify story, below. If that's the case, you may want to view this article on our website, so you get to see just how Storify works.<\/div>\n
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