Most recent public comments by Dr. Daniel Bassill https://nowcomment.com/users/22600 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647295 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647295 Since joining this conversation a few years ago I've begun collecting links to articles about digital access. I share them on this concept map. http://tinyurl.com/TMI-DigitalDivide-Issues Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:15:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647294 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647294 Let's hope that new money focused on digital access for people in remote and high poverty areas will make a difference. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:12:51 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647293 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:10:54 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647292 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647292 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:09:01 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647291 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647291 I've posted articles almost weekly at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com since 2005 and almost daily on Twitter since 2011 that focus on inequality. I've found an ebb and flow of interest among too many others. They get tired of the conversation and move on, far too soon. It will take many years of consistent effort by many people to see significant changes. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:07:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647290 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647290 The advantages offered by more affluent communities to kids vs what kids in poorer areas have is something I've focused on for many years. I join groups like #clmooc because they demonstrate ways people from many places can share ideas. I point to such groups with the goal that a greater number of people concerned about inequities would gather in similar groups. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:04:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647289 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647289 Since I joined this conversation a few years ago I've connected with the Christensen Institute who is doing some interesting work about relationships and social capital in education. Here's one article. https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/how-gaps-in-social-capital-research-are-holding-us-back-and-what-to-do-about-it/?_sf_s=social+capital Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:00:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647288 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647288 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:40:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647285 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:29:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=2647284 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:27:29 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1540115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1540115 Encouraging the growth of non-school and afterschool volunteer-based tutor, mentor and/learning groups, sports and science clubs, etc. is one way to try to stimulate this intergenerational contact. There are also forms of eMentoring where this is also happening. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:23:43 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1540113 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1540113 One activity that could be school-based would be to create a community research club, in which students would map the area around the school to determine what non-school learning hubs already exist, and where they are. They could write about this, create maps, and share on blogs or a school web site. They could even look beyond to find model programs that they might want to see in their neighborhoods. From this starting point, they and others might begin to connect people in planning that would lead to support for existing programs and/or creation of new ones. The goal is to create opportunities where kids and adults can connect beyond school hours. Here's one of my blog articles where I show a use of maps to determine a need for tutor/mentor programs and if any are within a specific area. I think youth could be writing articles like this. https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/02/what-tutor-andor-mentor-programs.html Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:00:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534520 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534520 I read through all the new comments posted over past few days and the discussion of affinity networks and personal learning made me think of this Tweet I saw today about #learnability, from the World Economic Forum. As you look at the video, I feel all should be asking "Are we teaching these skills as kids enter first grade?" https://twitter.com/mind_flourish/status/1201204974191022080?s=20 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:43:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534229 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534229 I've seen many comments about Minecraft. There's a group of educators on-line called Webheads in Action who have been discussing Minecraft for a few years. Here's a link to one of their sessions. http://evo2019proposals.pbworks.com/w/page/128808498/2019_EVO_Minecraft_MOOC Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:46:11 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534213 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534213 I think that the rapid changes in technology will make meaningful research on the impacts really difficult. The entry points to the Internet are rapidly changing as are the ways people are being influenced to use different platforms (or being tracked on platforms they use). What one generation learned will be obsolete for the next. The way some countries, like China, are controlling access, is new, and possibly spreading. All these are uncertainties. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:39:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534212 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534212 Hi Karen. I just saw your comment from last April. Did you learn anything new from your Saturday group? Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:32:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534205 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534205 Kevin Hodgson and I have connected over the past six years via the Connected Learning group. It has an active presence on Twitter,using #clmooc hashtag. Another group is New Teachers to Twitter, #NT2t, which hold one hour chats every Saturday morning. It's purpose is just what the name says, to help new educators (and others) learn to use Twitter effectively. Doing so opens your personal learning network to many ideas. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:25:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534204 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534204 I encourage you to browse articles at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com to see how I've tried to help mentor-rich non-school programs grow in high poverty areas of Chicago. This could be happening in every part of the country. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:23:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534203 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534203 This affirms my interest in non-school tutor/mentor programs. They offer one extra layer of opportunity for engaging youth in learning about the world, add extra mentors, and engage people with kids who might not be able to engage during the traditional school day. Such programs don't exist around many schools, thus, people need to be talking about ways to create them. And sustain them. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:20:58 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534201 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1534201 I encourage you to view this concept map showing supports kids need as they move from preschool to work, over a 20+ year period. In lower left I show a role of volunteer tutors, mentors. Kids in high poverty areas don't have same range of resources so organized programs that draw in volunteer from beyond poverty can help make more of what's needed available. I'm not sure that many share my perspective. https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1247940590625_680793758_145917&partName=actualhtmltext Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:17:11 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311456 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311456 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:29:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311455 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311455 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:10:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311380 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311380 I'd be careful not to 'generalize' that kids in poverty are not in on-line spaces, just from this report. In fact, I suspect a lot of research could show many kids in on-line spaces...hosted by gang bangers! At the same time, look at reports showing how poor families have lower digital access in home and community than affluent families. This is something that could be fixed if the public will were there to do it. Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:29:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311365 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311365 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:02:27 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311364 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311364 We tried to start an in-school mentoring effort at a local high school in 1993. We had a supportive teacher, and principle. However, they kept changing the times and rooms where we met with kids. Thus, volunteers coming from work were frustrated to get there and find not kids, or no room. After a while we just gave up and focused on our out-of-school time program. I've heard many frustration stories about trying to work with school over the past many years. Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:01:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311363 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311363 The clmooc and related networks are rich with people who write blogs and share their thinking on different topics. Just encourage people to talk and write about this conversation on a consistent basis. Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:55:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311362 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311362 If the group has more than a few kids and volunteers participating, from more than one company, it will have challenges communicating to all it's members. If it's using the internet, then it's already got an "affinity group" started. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:32:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311360 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311360 If a person adopts a goal, or purpose, and pursues it over a period of years, the links I point to become more and more relevant. Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:51:04 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311357 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311357 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:47:58 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311356 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311356 I think this group is consistent in trying to coach others into Twitter. It's a model that could be duplicated. Sun, 31 Mar 2019 05:12:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311354 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311354 While I've been building a library for 20 years, it's still just a less than 1% fraction of what's happening all over the world to help people in poverty. That means more people need to be searching the Internet for "what seems to work" then share what they learn in CLMOOC type forums, and in web archives similar to mine (others do this much better than I do). Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:42:27 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311353 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311353 I've seen many articles that talk about poverty and the lack of social capital in the communities where kids live, but few sophisticated, or continuous efforts, from schools, to change those conditions. The UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools focuses on this to a certain extent. Sun, 31 Mar 2019 05:00:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311352 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311352 Look at Step 2 in this article. https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2017/07/cost-analysis-to-employ-32k-high-risk.html Since I've never had money for advertising I've tried to recruit "disciples" who would evangelize the message. You've done some of that really well. Kevin and Sheri, too. Need more taking this role. Many more. Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:36:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311351 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311351 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:32:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311350 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1311350 I understand that the luck of birth gives some people privilege and advantages that others don't have. Thus, my efforts have tried to draw these people into the lives of kids in poverty, via tutor/mentor programs, then educate them about challenges kids, families and schools in these areas face. Then motivate them to use their advantages to bring needed resources into high poverty areas. That's not happening enough. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:17:11 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1309282 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1309282 I wrote about this on March 10, at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/03/developing-new-leadership-pipeline.html Then again on March 20 at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/03/tipping-point-growing-and-supporting.html Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:25:24 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/135363?scroll_to=1309281 https://nowcomment.com/documents/135363?scroll_to=1309281 Is there a parallel article that shows the cost to students of on-line courses and degrees vs traditional on-campus degrees? Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:20:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307481 I revisited this today and found that Sheri Edwards had read the article and posted comments, and that Kevin had added some new comments. I hope others will find this in the future. Sun, 31 Mar 2019 06:22:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307479 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307479 I loved playing "PONG" and similar games during 1970s but never graduated to the more sophisticated games. I went in other directions with my tech life. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:07:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307478 If this journey leads to empathy and understanding...such as lack of digital access for many....my belief is that some people will use their wealth to close those gaps. I've posted several articles on my blog that include this idea. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/dreams Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:05:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307477 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307477 This link points to a cMap which visualizes one of four sections of the library I've been building. http://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-Innovation-etc The sub sections are collaboration, innovation, visualization, knowledge management, etc. Each has multiple links which contain ideas that I think could be applied in any community, on any issue. It just takes a #clmooc type on-going focus to draw people to these ideas and to stimulate learning and discussion, then application. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:01:54 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307475 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1307475 CLMOOC has created a platform where many can interact and learn. The hear of that platform are links to a variety of articles and places where they can be discussed, such as this NOWComment space. If a few people, even only one, in a community begin to aggregate links to issues important to the local community, then call attention to them via on-line and face to face communications, they can begin to bring more people from the community together to try to learn from what's being shared. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:58:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1298763 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1298763 I saw a post on Twitter saying that Hypothes.is had reach a certain number of posts. Overall, that's good. However, in the many annotations where the three of us have connected, including on Vialogues, the participation is still low. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:40:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294120 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294120 I encourage you to view this page on one of my blogs. http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/youth-visualization-strategy Imagine this being a digital learning, affinity group, like Nerdfighters, that focused on the issues of unequal access, listed in this article, and generated public attention, volunteer involvement and resources, to create more opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth to participate in these learning opportunities. What is something like this not part of the concluding discussion? Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:38:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294085 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294085 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:36:33 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294083 a) kids benefit from involvement of extra, non-family, adults; b) in big cities, organized programs are needed to facilitate the on-going connection of youth and volunteers; c) thus, there ought to be groups of people working to make such programs available to k-12 kids in every high poverty neighborhood Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:35:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294081 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294081 In addition, because I hosted a database of programs for all of Chicago, many parents, social workers, guardians would contact us hoping we could find a tutor and/or mentor for their kids. As soon as they gave the zip code I know if there was, or was not, a program available near where they lived. Too often, the answer was 'No'. Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:33:11 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294079 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1294079 Too few of these programs exist, and too few are doing a deep dive into the information that shows the many challenges to a) building & sustaining needed programs in more places; b) influencing volunteers, staff & leaders in existing programs to join in on-line learning with goal of constantly expanding impact on kids and volunteers Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:05:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293836 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293836 If these benefits are accruing, finding ways to make them accessible to more kids seems a good goal. Trying to build a connection to formal learning, as a reason to support these, might be a barrier itself. Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:14:16 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293631 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293631 Kids in affluent areas are surrounded by family and community social capital, modeling many different experiences and life expectations, from the time they are born. For kids in poor areas to have anywhere close to this level of social capital, it has to be intentionally created. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:00:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293629 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293629 Even what is perceived to be cutting edge, could be exclusionary. Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:33:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293628 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293628 Building the library is not enough. We need to find ways to evangelize that these ideas are available, to people who work/volunteer in non-school youth programs, as well as to people who work within traditional schools. Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:32:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293627 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293627 Would be great to see group like Nerdfighters emerge with passion and goal of making learning opportunities like this available to more kids, especially those in lower income areas. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:17:11 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293626 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1293626 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:36:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1290916 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132976?scroll_to=1290916 I've not reached this chapter yet in my reading, but when I do, I'll come here and read and annotate. Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:36:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286485 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286485 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:14:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286484 This list, and the other, can be expanded by others who join this conversation, and by people who might set up this curriculum on a college campus. I've just listed some of the skills I wish I had learned in college and that I still am trying to learn today. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:13:08 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286483 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286483 What knowledge, if learned over a period of formal schooling years, and continually learned as life-long learners, would motivate people to proactively support existing programs, or help new ones form where needed? Or would help leaders of existing programs constantly learn and improve what they do? Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:11:28 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286482 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286482 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:09:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286481 This is the game changer. Non-profits depend on an inconsistent flow of resources to do their work well. If resource providers were educated on where, why, and what they could do, as undergrads, and supported as alumni, many could learn to be proactive, and on-going, in their support of programs where other alumni are in staff and leadership roles. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:07:53 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286480 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286480 A university could set up a program that reaches k-12 youth in its area and supports them with university students serving as volunteers in many different roles. As students take what they are learning back to classroom discussions, and share with others, they create a learning environment. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:05:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286479 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286479 If kids live in high poverty many of these supports are not naturally available and must be made available through the efforts of non profit organizations created for that purpose. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:01:45 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286478 A Tipping Point is an action, if implemented, shift and entire movement in a desired direction. Tue, 19 Mar 2019 06:05:23 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286477 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286477 I posted question asking if there was a list of universities teaching undergrads ways to support digital learning, affinity groups, etc. One response was "it would be a short list". See https://twitter.com/NomadWarMachine/status/1104470287003848704 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:46:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286476 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286476 Putting all of these ideas on one slide makes it very difficult to read and understand. I put it on NowComment to invite others to help unpack the meaning and communicate it with multiple slides or via multiple types of digital media. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:45:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286475 https://nowcomment.com/documents/132897?scroll_to=1286475 Non-school, volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs have much potential, but there is no place where future leaders, and future supporters, are learning all they need to know, so they come into their careers better prepared, and go through their careers, better supported. This graphic is intended to stimulate thinking about this. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:46:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669727 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669727 There's been a movement over the past 20 years to try to provide metrics that quantify the triple bottom line. I feel this has harmed the sector because people who are not sophisticated in understanding the many variations in the non-profit and social sector will over-simplify and try to compare huge organizations with small organizations or art institutes, universities, churches, etc. with small food pantries or neighborhood tutor/mentor programs. I wrote an article in 2013 that touches on this. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2013/08/pallotta-ted-talk-discussion-solutions.html Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:47:06 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669711 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669711 I created this PDF in 2012 as I was forming the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to describe "Triple Bottom Line Opportunities" http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/triple%20bottom%20line%20and%20tutormentor%20institute%20llc2012.pdf Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:40:57 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669709 Instead of hedgehog and fox I've used term of vertical and horizontal networks. A vertical network has a narrow, but long-term, focus. A horizontal network includes people with a common interest, but different focus. I tried to describe that in this PDF. https://www.scribd.com/document/97352677/Vertical-Horizontal-Networks-and-Social-Problem-Solving Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:34:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669707 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669707 Many years ago one of my volunteers said "Dan, you can take any comment or idea and show how it fits into a strategy that helps make tutor/mentor programs available to inner city kids". That's probably true, but only because I've spent so many years thinking about this. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:29:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669706 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669706 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:25:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669705 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669705 The ways I draw ideas from other sectors, and share from my own in other sectors makes me a Fox, too. My web library at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-library has four sections. The one focused on process improvement stretches way beyond "what it takes to make a tutor/mentor program available in Chicago or other places". The research section has a broader set of information than one my think they need to know to mentor, or tutor, or lead a tutor/mentor program. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:24:20 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669704 https://nowcomment.com/documents/70392?scroll_to=669704 Within a common interest area, there are some who constantly enter the contest, with new money and shinny new toys. However, these don't last and they decline in impact. The tortoise, is slow and steady, but last longer in the race. In reading Berlin's work, I'm a hedghog. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:24:20 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613563 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613563 This is one of the issues that are included in the Reclaim the American Dream web site. Check out the "Learn from others" map on the site's home page. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:46:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613535 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613535 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 03:56:29 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613533 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613533 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:55:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613529 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613529 I suggested to author that she have some of her grad students use concept maps to outline the ideas in the book. This could be done by anyone else, including students in classrooms of #clmooc and #immooc participants. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:54:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613525 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613525 I also connected with speaker via Twitter and asked if she had place on line with visuals. She said "no" and "they are in the book". I appreciate the need to sell the book, but want to engage more people around the issue she focuses on, who won't buy and read the book. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:46:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/64535?scroll_to=613522 I appreciate that Simon Ensor shared this video with me via Twitter. I had written two blog articles in 2016 related to this problem. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2016/04/student-debt-college-costs-get-into.html http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2016/06/free-college-for-all-lets-dig-deeper.html Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:49:55 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=557051 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=557051 If teachers are trying to get students to map solutions to problems, they can point to my maps as an example of how I'm sharing my ideas in ways that others can find and apply them. This might prompt students to create their own maps, focusing on problems important to them. If enough teachers do this, some of the issues important to Ss will be the same ones I focus on. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:53:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=557050 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=557050 I connected with Steven, but his focus is on what happens in schools, thus not giving much thought to how non-school programs might support students and teachers. I'm also connected to a writing project at DePaul. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:51:26 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557035 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557035 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:48:26 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557034 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557034 The web site of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC is http://www.tutormentorexchange.net Browse all the sections and see the information and ideas that have been aggregated over the past 25 years. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:46:44 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557033 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557033 The change from non-profit to Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC took place in mid 2011. It was sudden, unexpected, and unplanned. Thus, I'm still trying to figure a way to generate revenue to support this strategy and help others adopt it. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:44:51 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557004 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=557004 Look in my NowComment box and you'll find another document, showing the four part strategy. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:42:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556989 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556989 At each age level kids need a range of supports to help them move more successfully, and safely, to the next level. This is a concept map. Others could create versions adding additional supports that don't show on my map. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:41:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556960 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556960 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:40:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556959 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556959 One of the commitments a leader makes is to be constantly encouraging others to make the same commitment. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:39:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556944 https://nowcomment.com/documents/58882?scroll_to=556944 This map can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map. It's intended to be a guide leaders can use to fill a city with k-12 non-school tutor, mentor and learning programs. My goal is that others borrow this and put a version on their own web site or blog, with their photo, logo and/or company name in the blue box. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:38:05 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=541022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=541022 You're right about the level of noise. I've patterned my efforts around what faith leaders do weekly to point congregations to small pieces of scripture within the huge Bible, then encourage group discussions around that scripture. I also copy what advertisers do, putting messages out weekly, in many formats, inviting customers to come to their stores. Those who care about a specif cause, need to band together and adopt these strategies, if they are going to be able to cut through the clutter of noise and attract eyeballs. Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:38:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=541021 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=541021 Terry, here's another map, showing a goal of teaching youth to build habits of going to web sites to get/give info. This process should start early and be reinforce all through formal schooling, if it's to become a habit of adults. http://tinyurl.com/TMProgram-LearningGoals Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:35:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538083 Terry, I encourage you to read this blog, and view the video by Gene Bellinger, who leads a systems thinking network. He shows four steps that are similar to yours and mine. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/07/problem-solving-systems-thinking.html Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:37:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538082 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538082 Agree. The tools for collaborative information collection/curation/sharing are now better than when I first started. However, a leadership commitment is needed for much to happen. Here's one PDF from my library focusing on shared information collection. https://www.scribd.com/document/75699079/Community-Information-Collection-A-Shared-Effort Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:34:17 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538081 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538081 You're right, Terry. It's even more complex than what you described. For someone to really understand what I'm describing they need to go to the live concept map, and begin to open the linked pages at the bottom of each node. These go several layers deep and many end up pointing to sections of my web library, which hosts over 2000 links. It's not a short term exercise, which is why it's not used nearly as much as it needs to be. It's also a reason to keep trying to make this curriculum that a school/department stretches out over many years of learning. Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:32:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538080 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538080 This is why I've been trying to find a university and/or business that would take ownership of what I've been doing pretty much as a one-man army. Sun, 29 Jul 2018 07:32:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538079 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538079 This pdf was done by a group of NetImpact volunteers, to compare what I was doing in Chicago to what others do in other states. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/tmccomparison2010.pdf I did not have funds/volunteers to continue this after 2010, and I don't see anyone else attempting to do a similar comparison, with the goal of providing ideas that any can use to constantly improve. Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:27:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538078 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538078 Kevin, here's a link to a section of my library pointing to other orgs across the nation. http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/LinksLearningNetwork/LinksLibrary/tabid/560/agentType/ViewType/PropertyTypeID/94/Default.aspx While I have them in my library, and try to connect on line, many don't point to each other the way I do. Many have started after I started T/MC in 1993. Instead of saying "can I help you" they just reinvent the wheel. Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:38:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538007 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538007 As you work through the four steps, in sequence, you see work that's been done since 1993, and work that still needs to be happening. These four steps can focus on any problem, not just building youth serving organizations in Chicago. Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:32:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538006 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538006 See this graphic on this page. http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/using-maps-to-build-capacity Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:28:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538005 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56546?scroll_to=538005 This step is borrowed from my 17 year retail advertising experience. Each week retail companies spend millions of dollars to showcase merchandise that potential customers are looking for. They motivate action by offering "deals" or "sales" with limited time, act now, incentives. Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:27:02 -0400