A quick look at targeting your Facebook page posts

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I mentioned on Twitter yesterday that I’d only just found out about targeting your Facebook page posts by different audiences.

I was surprised to get quite a few replies from other people who had never heard of this functionality.

When it is switched on (and that’s the tricky part) you can target by gender, relationship status, education, interests, age, location and language.

Targeting your Facebook page posts

This is how to target posts on your Facebook page. This is NOT for posts on your personal profile and it is NOT paid for posts.

Edit the page and then select Manage Persmissions.

At the bottom of this screen is the option ‘Post privacy gating’. Tick this box.

Facebook page settings

Once you’ve turned this on you will get a compass icon in your page post boxes.

Click the icon to add your targeting options.

Targeting options

What can I teach about content licensing in 15 minutes?

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Creative Commons

Photo by Giuli-O

As you may know I’m part way through my PTLLS course, which focusses on teaching approaches for adult learners.

As part of the course I have to do a 15 minute micro-teach.

I’ve been struggling a bit with knowing what to do in that session.

We won’t have access to computers so I can’t cover any of the things I’d normally do in my workshops and I’m not sure how much I could realistically teach in that time.

The one idea I have had is to do something around licensing of content.

It’s important for (potential) teachers to know what they can and can’t use as resources in the classroom and I don’t think many people really understand it.

Now that I know the overall theme I need to come up with a specific learning objective.

That’s where you come in. What do you think is a realistic outcome for a 15 minute session?

I plan to simplify the options into Copyrighted material, Public domain material and ‘Creative Commons’ material (as a shorthand for something that’s open to use, possibly with some restrictions.)

I need to think about how to structure the timings but I can probably only fit in one exercise, which could be to match statements to their licence type.

For example “Photo can be used in handouts as long as you include the name of the photographer.” That will match to “Creative Commons”.

Information about which websites they could use will probably be in a handout.

I would appreciate any thoughts you guys have on this.

A church app and a martyr to excessive sensibility

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As this is ostensibly a blog about technology in the voluntary sector I thought I’d share with you something I saw yesterday while visiting Dorchester Abbey.

On a board near the entrance was information about the Abbey’s iPhone app.

It’s a shame that the app is only for iPhones, as an Android gal I couldn’t test it. I’m also not convinced it would be easy to download as the phone reception in Dorchester was pretty dreadful. That said, I applaud their effort, full marks.

Dorchester Abbey app

What I really wanted to share with you was this, the grave of Mrs Sarah Fletcher who “sunk and died a Martyr to Excessive Sensibility” in 1799. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it.

Sarah Fletcher grave

Text:

Reader!
If thou hast a Heart famed for Tenderness and Pity, Contemplate this spot.
In which are deposited the Remains of a Young Lady, whose artless Beauty, innocence of Mind and gentle Manners once obtained her the Love and Esteem of all who knew her. But when Nerves were too delicately spun to bear the rude Shakes and Jostlings which we meet in this transitory World, Nature gave way. She sunk and died a Martyr to Excessive Sensibility.
Mrs Sarah Fletcher
Wife of Captain Fletcher departed this Life at the Village of Clifton on the 7th of June 1799.
In the 29th year of her Age.
May her Soul meet that Peace in Heaven which this earth denied her.

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[ETA - Thanks to Maurice Mcleod for finding this online about the unfortunate life of Sarah Fletcher, and thanks to Pete Read for doing the initial research:

We learn more from “Love’s Madness: Medicine, the Novel, and Female Insanity, 1800-1865″ by Helen Small. She quotes Jackson’s Oxford Journal of Saturday 15 June 1799 as follows:

On Saturday last, an Inquest was taken at Clifton, in this county, before R. Buckland, Gent. one of his Majesty’s Coroners, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Fletcher. This lady put an end to her existence by hanging herself with her pocket handkerchief, which she fastened to a piece of small cord, and affixed it to the curtain rod of the bedstead in the room in which she usually slept. After a full investigation of the previous conduct of the deceased, and the derangement of her mind appearing very evident from the testimony of the gentleman at whose house this unfortunate affair happened, as well as from many other circumstances, the jury, without hesitation, found a Verdict – Lunacy. The husband of this unfortunate lady is an officer in the Navy, and is now on his passage to the East Indies.

Furthermore, she quotes from a local pamphlet:

Sarah Fletcher (one of the Fletchers of Saltoun) lived at Clifton Hampden – not far from here. Captain Fletcher was in the Navy, and, following the popular tradition of the sea, he was not only inconstant, but unfaithful. He actually proposed marriage to a wealthy heiress living some distance away, and he was on the point of committing bigamy when Mrs Fletcher was warned at the last moment – she had only just time to reach the church to stop the ceremony. ‘It is not difficult to imagine the scene which followed . . . Captain Fletcher literally ran away, made for London, and sailed for the East Indies. The unwedded bride returned home with her parents, and Sarah Fletcher drove back to Clifton Hampden and hanged herself in her bedroom fasten­ing her pocket handkerchief to a piece of cord which she fixed to the curtain rod of her bedstead.

Apparently there’s even a ghost!

Parent bloggers and The Lullaby Trust

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Lullaby TrustI knew something was in the air for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths because my friend Jennie had been tweeting about working with them on an exciting project.

Yesterday it emerged that the FSID was changing its name to The Lullaby Trust. As they say on their website “‘The Lullaby Trust’ communicates warmth, trust and compassion. It is a simple name which is easy to remember and illustrates our commitment to promoting safer sleep for babies to every family.”

To tie in with the re-brand, parent bloggers were asked to write their own lullaby and blog about it.

It was such a great idea and the rate at which tweets about the #lullabytrust were appearing in my timeline shows what a success it was.

Charity campaigns that work with bloggers can have a great impact, Damien Clarkson has already written some top tips for blogger effective outreach.

As Damien says “Bloggers tend to be early adopters; they are essentially the cool kids at school and what they like and support other people soon do as well.”

In the case of parent bloggers, they’re incredibly passionate about issues affecting their children, especially if they’ve been affected by something as devastating as sudden infant death.

Here are just a few of the tweets that were posted yesterday:

https://twitter.com/MerrilyMe/status/322105488013684737

The Lullaby Trust offer support to anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young toddler. You can find out about their services at http://www.lullabytrust.org.uk.

The dreaded first assignment

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Essays

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I’m 2/7 of the way through my PTLLS course now and it’s time for the first assignment.

Eek!

It’s a mildly terrifying idea, I’m not sure I’ve ever written a proper essay before. I did science subjects for A-Level and then maths at university. The only letters there were part of complex equations and proofs.

One part of the course that hasn’t really been a struggle are the reflective learning journals. We have to write one for every session reflecting on what we’ve done and learned and what it means for our teaching. For me it’s just like a blog post but with more of a structure

So, I’d better crack on. It’s better to just do it than write a blog post about how terrified you are of it.

Fingers crossed.

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