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This graphic is from a YouTube video created this month by one of two college students from South Korea who were working with me in Chicago. 

And this graphic is from a Prezi done by a second intern. You can view all six of their presentations here.…

This is a graphic created by an intern who worked with me a few years ago. You can see links to this and other projects interns have done if you visit here and here.

This …

This graphic is from an animation project done in Jan 2011 by a college intern from Korea who was working with the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago.  This illustrates the learning that occurs each week as a volunteer does service in a tutor/mentor program. It shows how volunteers share what they learn with people in their personal and work networks, which…

I continue to be inspired by the many ways technology is being discussed in Classroom 2.0, and hope that by my participation I'll inspire educators to use technology as part of service-learning projects, where students learn about problems in their community and the world, and use their web 2.0 technology and their classroom learning, to educate others in their community about specific issues, and about ways youth and adults can become involved in community problem solving.

In…

As you look for creative writing assignments, and look for ways to help your student learn to be leaders and problem solvers, I encourage you to read http://tutormentor.blogspot.com and review the blog exchange strategy at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/Partner/CC/Conference/May2005/current.asp

Today Suzanne Morse of the Pew Partnership for Civic…

For those in the Chicago region, who are looking for ways to connect their students in meaningful ways with service and learning, and integrate the internet in the process, the Tutor/Mentor Conference is an entry point into this thinking.

It's a grassroots event, focused on helping existing tutor/mentor programs connect with peers, learn new ideas, and build resources for their work, while helping community groups build new programs in neighborhoods where there is a need, but no…

I wrote an article for my http://tutormentor.blogspot.com blog referring to an article written by a couple of health researchers. I'm not sure how good my comments are, but I encourage you to read the article by Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr.PH and Jessica Ruglis. You can find the link on my blog.

The writers provide statistics that show how the drop out problem is most severe in the nation's biggest cities. Since members of Classroom 2.0 come…

For the past 30 years I've been connecting workplace volunteers with inner city kids in Chicago, and building a network of peers, supporters and others who could all be working together to build a better infrastructure to support the growth of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, so that more of them would be "best practices" in expanding the network of adults helping kids to careers, using the Internet and it's elearning and networking tools, as part of the process.

My database now…

I'm active in a variety of networks and have trouble keeping track of them. Thus, I created a list at http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/TMLearningNetwork/LinksLibrary/tabid/560/rrcid/92/rrscid/120/rrpid/1/rrepp/20/Default.aspx

With the growth of networks, it is getting harder and harder to build a community of purpose because of the time it…

Have any of you visited the web site of Blogathon 2007 at http://www.blogathon.org/ ? More than 500 bloggers have signed up for a 24 hour marithon to raise money for their favorite charities. I just learned about this so I'm not included, but I'm going to follow this and see how the idea might apply to the work we all do of helping kids connect with technology, elearning, mentoring and expanded adult support.

If you're participating in…

At http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=cabrini+connections you can view some of the videos created by Cabrini Connections teens and volunteers over the past 10 years. In these you can hear our teens talking about how they value Cabrini Connections.

This is a non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor program, where most activities start after 6pm when business volunteers are available to be tutors, mentors,…

This is a visual that you can find in the Tutor/Mentor Institute section of http://www.tutormentorconnection.org.

It illustrates how individuals can take actions that connect their network with information which is uses throughout an entire city to solve a problem, change behaviors, elect a favored candidate, etc.…