Free Tech Sharing Certs for School Nurse, Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day

Thanks to 2500+ using the Tech Sharing Certs for Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation, School Nurse recognition and other days that can be associated with sharing techspertise.

With many people looking to give meaningful gifts on limited budgets here are a few free certificates that you can use or modify for your tech sharing event for upcoming School Nurse Appreciation Day, Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day. Many children want to give but may not know what to give...so the gift of your time can be memorable especially when sharing techspertise.

These are created in Google Docs and you can create a copy and print or tailor to your needs. Be creative and give the gift of your time and share techspertise amongst each other.

No tech in the classroom or at home? Meet at the local library, introduce people to members of your PLN, show someone how to make that digital clock to quit blinking, challenge others to explore menu bar options, share tips on recycling tech, enjoy a Google video chat or Skype conversation.....fill in the blank with your idea.  Tech skills are as diverse as the tools available...why not help someone learn something new...or be willing to let someone show you what they have learned.

School Nurse Technology Sharing Gift Certificate

Teacher Appreciation Technology Sharing Gift Certificate

Mother's Day Technology Sharing Gift Certificate

Enjoy...and feel free to share how you used the certificates. Thanks to all of you (2500+) who have used these tech sharing certs with others.

Comments, recommendations, and/or checks in the Reaction boxes are welcome.

What kind of turtle is this?

While out on the deck, I saw this turtle traipsing through the backyard today.  

What kind of turtle is it?

If you know what kind of turtle it is, please leave a comment. 

Do you encourage others to migrate from passive to active learning?

If so...what are some of your best practices? If not...why not?

I know there is not a one answer fits all but I know there are people with success stories on helping others adopt some type of active learning and I know there are those people who continue to perpetuate passive acceptance. 

In 2009, one of the many reading assignments I completed a chapter opened with this quote from Bertrand Russel (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970):

Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than the pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one later in life. It causes man to seek and accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.

Quotes from Thinkexist:

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. Jacob Bronowski

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children & not for the education of all adults of every age? Erich Fromm

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein 

You may enjoy these posts:

Were you taught passive acceptance?

What are you really teaching? learning? sharing? 

Change, Passive Acceptance, DoD CFL, and RttT in Richmond County

Responses, comments, recommendations, and reaction box checks are always welcome!

Cool update to Blogger

Cool update to Blogger and another reason to update your browser and add visuals to your blog posts:

Blogger currently offers five dynamic views for its public blogs. These views are only accessible if allowed for by the blog author.

Flipcard:http://uniqueedtechie.blogspot.com/view/flipcard

Mosaic: http://uniqueedtechie.blogspot.com//view/mosaic

Sidebar: http://uniqueedtechie.blogspot.com/view/sidebar

Snapshot: http://uniqueedtechie.blogspot.com/view/snapshot

Timeslide: http://uniqueedtechie.blogspot.com/view/timeslide

These views require modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 8+, Firefox 3.5+, Chrome or Safari. Many elements of these views will not work should you have an older browser.

These dynamic views will work on your blog if all of the following are true:  See the Blogger article for the blog settings required for your blog.

What do you think of the dynamic views?

Unwanted Text Messages and E-Mail on Wireless Phones and Other Mobile Devices

If you registered your phone number with the NDNC registry...your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry (in the U.S.) will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Read more about it at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.

National Do Not Call Registry FAQs

In July 2003, you could register your cell phone number in the National Do Not Call Registry (U.S.). With so many people using smart phones sometimes unsolicited text messages bypass your service provider's domain registry. Can't remember if and when you submitted your number to the NDNC registry? Verify if and when your phone number was registered. 

Domain Names

This is a list of Domain Names to which marketers may not send unsolicited e-mail because the messages go to wireless devices, including cell phones and pagers. These names were provided by wireless providers to protect their customers. This is not a list of spammers. 

The purpose of the domain name registry is to protect cellular and other commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) wireless consumers from unwanted commercial electronic mail messages, by identifying, for those who send commercial electronic mail messages, Internet domain names used to transmit electronic messages to CMRS consumers.

CAN-SPAM: Unwanted Text Messages and E-Mail on Wireless Phones and Other Mobile Devices

File a complaint electronically

Follow the online wizard to report the violation.

The options to file a complaint: Disability Access to Communications Services adn Equipment, Junk Fax, Telemarketing, Prerecorded Message and Do Not Call, Wired Telephone, Wireless Telephone, Broadband Service adn VoIP, Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues, Tower Light Outages or Signal Interference.

You can file FCC Form 1088G - Call or Message to Wireless Device (Cell Phone or Pager) Complaint. Please choose a convenient method, online, phone, mail, or fax to file your complaint. We highly recommend using our online form. This will ensure that all required information is received.

Online Form – Recommended Method Approved by OMB 3060-1088

FCC notice required by the Privacy Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act

Phone - FCC Consumer & Mediation Specialists are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET to answer your questions and assist you in filing a complaint. Call toll-free at 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) voice or 1-888-TELL- FCC (1-888-835-5322) TTY.

For all the other methods, download/print the complaint form: Form 1088G English (PDF) or Form 1088G Español (PDF)

Postal-Send your complaint to the following address, making sure to include copies of all supporting information.

Federal Communications Commission

Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

Consumer Complaints

445 12th Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20554

Fax-The completed complaint form may be faxed toll-free to: 1-866-418-0232. Be sure to include all required information to prevent delay in the processing of your complaint. 

So if you receive one of those unwanted text messages or calls promising you something that seems to good to be true...don't just delete...report it.