Technology Sharing Gift Certificate

A simple gift certificate that anyone can use. One hour of 1 to 1 technology sharing. You can tailor the certificate to the recipients' needs or your choice of what you want to share.

From sharing your favorite blogs to using a specific piece of hardware or software to teaching about personal security or demonstrating the power of your PLN (Professional / Personal Learning Network). From F2F (Face to Face) to virtual, using a local library or a favorite wi-fi spot, from cell phones to netbooks...it is all up to you.

Whether you consider yourself an experienced techie, a novice, or someone who doesn't know a computer mouse from a real mouse the certificate is here for your use, modify, and to continue giving, learning, and sharing. You can give the certificate to those who may need some additional attention outside of a group setting or give the certificate to a group who may want to learn something you want to share. Maybe you know someone that you want to learn from...give them the certificate and request 1 hour of their time.

The certificate can be used for any holiday and you can tailor the certificate based on what you want to give. The certificate was created from one of the Holiday templates in Google Docs, Presentations, and Spreadsheets.

I would love to hear how you give your technology presence versus presents. As always, your comments are welcome.

Reflection with some HS grads and how do we...

What have you done to break the cycle of passive acceptance?

When I returned to Augusta for a visit, some of my daughter's friends stopped by to check on G Mama Flo who was injured in a car accident and catch up on what we all have been doing.

I miss working with the students who I have so much hope for because they are our replacements and we relate on so many issues. Many of them were home for the holidays and stopped in to visit their former high schools and noticed many changes, from educators who have moved on to their personal diverse perspectives as alumni.

It was great to hear about those who have moved on to successful college experiences, military, or internships and to hear their hopes and dreams and those who have remained in Augusta and have fallen into what I call the "Disgusta Depression." Some of them had so many hopes and dreams during high school...plans for college, travel, fulfilling jobs and they seem to have petered out. It hurts my heart...because I left Augusta...for many reasons from focusing on my own educational endeavors and the dissertation process, career progression, experience life as an empty nester, and to fulfill a need to move every few years that became ingrained during my military career.

So how do we help them to break the cycle of passive acceptance? How do we empower these former students who seem to have lost their zest for life challenges, hopes, and dreams?

Consolidating More References

I am consolidating references from recent assignments created during my last few classes. NCU will switch from APA version 5 to APA version 6 in January 2010, so the references are listed in a text format. Web sites, books, and articles are consolidated and this blog post will be used as I progress through the disseration phase. Any of the research/scholarly articles were found in many of the databases through NCU's library, referenced in the Research Strategies blog post and connections through Twitter.

This list is not all inclusive, simply a blog post with many references which may or may not be used in future assignments. Any of the books listed are also linked in my Google Books library if they are available in Google Books. Please feel free to comment and provide recommendations or improvements as you read through the post.

One of the fun things students are required to do in the dissertation process are Annotated Bibliographies and Literature Reviews. As always recommendations are welcome.

Evans, J. (2009). Congressional Briefing: Release of Speak Up 2008 National Findings. Project Tomorrow. Retrieved from: http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectTomorrow/release-of-speak-up-2008-national-findings

Georgia Department of Education. (2009). Report Cards 2007-2008 for Richmond County. Retrieved from: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=102&CountyId=721&T=1&FY=2008

Google Apps for Education. (2009). What’s Included? Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/included.html

Google Apps for Education. (2009). Webinars, Case Studies, and Q&A Sessions. Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/resource_center.html

Google Apps for Education. (2009). Why Apps? Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/sell.html

Google For Educators. (2009). Google web search - classroom lessons and resources. Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html

Google Teacher Academy. (2009). Resources - tools. Retrieved from: http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/tools

Intermediate School. (2009). Dot-to-Dot: A Global Learning Reception. Retrieved from: http://sites.google.com/site/339dottodot/

International Standards for Technology Education (ISTE). (2009). National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). Retrieved from: http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

PBS. Digital Nation. (2009). How Google Saved a School. Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/how-google-saved-a-school.html

Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS). (2009). PGCPS has been Googlized. Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/googlized/Home

Richmond County School System. (2008). Performance Review of Richmond County School System. Retrieved from: http://www.rcboe.org/www/rcboe/site/hosting/Daily%20Announcements/MGTSurvey.pdf

Windham, C. (2005). Father Google & Mother IM: Confessions of a net gen learner. EDUCAUSE Review, 40(5), 42-58. Retrieved from: http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume40/FatherGoogleandMotherIMConfess/158005

Any additional recommended readings?