The first half of 2016 is behind us and the rest of the year, and our lives, is in front of us. What will we do with that time to help America and the world overcome the complex challenges we face?…
Tag Archives: commitment
Bono, the Pope, Pallotta, Poverty & Data
I apologize for another long post. However, I’m trying to tie several streams of thought together. I hope you’ll follow and add your own thinking.
Last Sunday I read an article in the Chicago Tribune titled “Pope wants more focus on poor.”…
How to keep stakeholders involved for many years.
I posted this article yesterday showing how I think events like #ETMOOC can provide a learning process connecting authors of books in a library, or links in a web library. Today, I’m headed out to Washington, DC for the Mentor Summit, but wanted to post this follow up.…
Expanding, Sustaining Funding – New Thinking Needed
I’ve been part of an Education Technology MOOC (#ETMOOC) this week where more than 1000 people from around the world are connecting on-line and sharing ideas about uses of technology in education, learning, media and network building.
I’ve been trying for the past 20 years to build this type of learning community, connecting all of those who are concerned with the gap between rich and poor in America, the education system, workforce diversity, social justice, violence, public health, and a number of other reasons to be involved.…
Making Sense of Info. Using it to solve problems.
One of the first things most people say after talking to me, or visiting my web sites is “there’s a lot of information!” Some are really saying “too much” information. That’s not the way I see it.
Instead I see a constantly expanding wealth of information that young people and adults can learn from over a lifetime in efforts to reduce poverty in the US and the world.…