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Daniel Bassill commented on Daniel Bassill's blog post 'Mobilizing the talent of student and workplace volunteers'
The National Conference on Volunteering and Service is taking place in San Francisco this week. This year they are attempting to use social media to connect with people not able to be at the conference. I wrote about this on my blog and I'm connec...
June 23
Daniel Bassill replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion 'Introductions'
Ian, it's great to see the crossover from Fireside Learning to this forum. Maybe we can draw some folks back the other way. My own goal is to draw people to the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago, which will be May 28 and...
May 19

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Chicago
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Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection
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Since 1975 I've led a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program that connects inner city kids with workplace volunteers, in structured, non-school, site-based programs. I now work to make such programs available in all high poverty neighborhoods of Chicago and other big cities. Learn more by reading my blog and visiting my web site.
Blog:
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Website:
http://www.tutormentorconnection.org

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With so much knowledge, how do you sort through it and share it with your students, peers, parents and community?

I've browsed the 200 pages of introductions over the past year and it's amazing all of the great ideas that are here. I share some of these on my own Tutor/Mentor Connection web site so that volunteers and students in non-school tutor/mentor programs might use these just as often, or perhaps more often, than do kids in inner city schools.

The challenge… Continue

Posted on March 13, 2009 at 9:30am —

Daniel Bassill

Building a network of non-school tutor/mentor programs



This is a map of the Chicago region showing concentrations of poverty and locations of poorly performing schools (according to state information). Our aim is that people use these maps to focus attention, and resources, on neighborhoods where non-school vo… Continue

Posted on October 9, 2008 at 12:45pm — 2 Comments

Daniel Bassill

Mobilizing the talent of student and workplace volunteers

I encourage you to visit the Tutor/Mentor Blog and view a flash presentation created by two student interns from Korea who are working in my Chicago non profit this month. The presentation shows some of the participants in the Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference, held on May 29 and 30. It also has a map… Continue

Posted on June 12, 2008 at 1:26pm — 1 Comment

Daniel Bassill

Learning and mentoring in the non-school hours and via the Internet

It has been great to see the number of participants and groups grow on Classroom 2.0. I've met some talented people and gained some useful ideas.

However, I did a search on the ning.com home page over the weekend, for youth mentoring, and found dozens of pages with this title. Thus, my question to this group is "how are we connecting what we're doing here, with what others are talking about in other ning.com forums? How are we putting the ideas to work to create more learning opportunities for… Continue

Posted on May 5, 2008 at 6:44am —

Daniel Bassill

Creating networks of purpose

I attended an eChicago conference last Friday where one of the presentations showed how youth in Skokie, Illinois are learning to use technology to become voices and news broadcasters for their community. Is this a school based activity? No. It's a library based activity.

This is an example of how teens in middle school and high school can learn to use art, video, computers, essays, blogs, theater and public speaking to get the attention of adults and other students, and to focus that attention… Continue

Posted on April 8, 2008 at 1:39pm — 2 Comments

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At 9:59am on June 16, 2009, Mollie McDougall said…
Sounds great! I know Janine Kessler who teaches with your nephew. I am leaving town for a few days but I would love to get in touch with you in July about this. I think it would be a great thing for my students as well as yours!
At 11:21am on June 1, 2009, Greg R. Fishbone said…
Thanks for the link. This looks like a great resource.
At 5:55am on May 4, 2009, Lisa C. Miller said…
HI - It looks like you do amazing work. I definitely think there are great stories to tell about your program. My school year is at an end this week, so I can't recruit students to do stories. But perhaps next school year when I teach a writing class. Or maybe when I finish my book I can do a story! Thanks for getting in touch. Best, Lisa
At 3:27am on April 27, 2009, Cynthia said…
By chance, can you recommend any national conferences that focus on using new media in the classroom?
At 3:16am on April 27, 2009, Cynthia said…
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your message. I know a bit about Mentors Inc and have heard that they are doing great things with DC area kids. I'm not familiar with the Tutor/Mentor Connection, but plan to check-out that website along with the maps. Will be in touch!
Cynthia
At 7:26am on March 12, 2009, Tad Staley said…
Daniel - Thanks for the prompt response. It's cool to see the use of technology in your program. By the way, Adobe has some cool, free, tools online now that might be useful to you: Buzzword, a collaborative word processor; ConnectNow a free web conferencing tool for up to three people; and acrobat.com where you can upload and share files - including converting PowerPoint to Flash-based preview. Sorry if this sounds like an ad - but it *is* free, and useful for educational purposes. I'd be happy to explain it more if you or your network are interested.

The Math Collaborative is just getting started, with a few pilot programs just getting underway, but it's focused on providing tutoring services (1-on-1 or small groups) through a virtual classroom. It seems to have great appeal to those tutoring many students and driving endless miles to connect. It should also be a boon to tutors trying reach more inner city students.
At 4:07am on March 12, 2009, Tad Staley said…
Daniel, I have great admiration for your work - congratulations on your remarkable program. Doyou have any affiliate program in Boston?
At 10:43am on February 2, 2009, S. Penderel said…
Daniel,

You said... "What you won't find is enough people trying to help build a network of trained people who can facilitate the uses of these technologies or learning programs..."

This is EXACTLY what my company is doing! We aren't working to "provide" the tutoring, rather be a system that provides the best vehicle for its facilitation. Fourth Logic (my company) is working to be the avenue, not the method, or the facilitator.

Your organization would be able to utilize the systems on 4th Logic for free, charge your 'clients'/users for free and even charge (if you want) for those wanting tutoring from you from outside your network.

Stay tuned! http://www.fourthlogic.com/
At 11:42am on January 31, 2009, Jack said…
Hi Daniel. I was wondering if any of your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. If not, perhaps you have some other educator contacts you could direct me to. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
At 6:51am on January 7, 2009, S. Penderel said…
With your stated goals for the tutor mentor connection, you would really benefit from a current product being developed by my associates. I'll keep you posted, but I really believe you and your program would blossom from what is being done, it's exactly working on the issue you've stated!

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