tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310839972024-03-12T15:56:24.553-07:00Interns - Tutor/Mentor ConnectionInterns from HK - created by Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17982750574254344758noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-42372450857315058722022-02-01T09:25:00.001-08:002022-02-01T09:25:45.603-08:00Adopt the Tutor/Mentor Connection<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Over the past six months the monthly visit count on this blog has averaged over 8600. Prior to that visit count had usually been less than 500. I'm not sure what is driving this growth, but I hope it is people from colleges and k-12 schools across America, and the world who are looking for on-line learning activities. <br /><br />Well, I've been sharing such an activity for more than 20 years. Maybe desperation will be the fuel for inspiration.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Below is an invitation I wrote in 2016. As you read this (I hope) think of how students can work individually, or in teams, to learn what the Tutor/Mentor Connection/Institute has been trying to do since 1993. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>What am I talking about?</b>
<br />This blog was started in 2006 by Michael Tam, an intern from Hong Kong. Browse articles posted since then and meet all the different interns who have spent time at a computer, learning about the Tutor/Mentor Connection/Institute, then sharing what they are learning through videos, animations, visualizations and/or blog articles. <br /><br /><b>Follow the links in many articles to the group on the <a href="https://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Connection Ning</a> site to see how I've coached interns since the late 2000s. </b></span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Imagine your students doing this research and communications. Imagine a page on your web site sharing what they learn. Imagine you hosting ZOOM conversations where students and community members talk about what they are learning, like I did<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/04/after-covid19-visions-for-future.html"> last w</a></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/04/after-covid19-visions-for-future.html">eek</a> with students from Roosevelt University. Covid19 has highlighted the poverty and inequality in our country and in the world. </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /><b>Will we just talk about it</b>, or will you create a student learning activity that creates current and future leaders, who map where the problem is, who is working to solve it, then creates on-going, student-generated, public education that draws more needed resources into each of these areas?</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><u>So here's what I wrote in 2016:</u></b></span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Here's a graphic that I created a few months ago in preparation for a meeting with some students and faculty at DePaul University in Chicago.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span id="goog_1814683810"></span><span id="goog_1814683811"></span><b>From top to bottom it illustrates a vision</b> of creating youth serving organizations that help urban youth move more safely and successfully through school and into jobs and careers. It compares the planning to that involved in building tall sky-scrapers, where many talents are needed, much financing is needed, and where you work from the foundation to the top floor over a period of years. </span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The map in the middle illustrates that there are colleges and universities in different parts of Chicago (or other cities) who are full of student, faculty and alumni talent, and serve as anchor organizations able to support the growth of long-term tutor/mentor programs in the area surrounding their universities.</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The last two graphics illustrate that while it takes daily effort by many people to build and sustain one, or many, youth serving organizations, this is just one issue that people are concerned with on a daily basis.,</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Thus, part of the role of student teams on universities is to mobilize leaders who will focus their talent and resources on the youth development slide of the pie, while also connecting, sharing and drawing ideas from groups working on other problems, in other places.</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Universities are critically important in this process because as we move through 2016 and into future years, there still is no body of knowledge that everyone draws from to build and sustain youth serving programs in high poverty areas that last for 10-30 years and show on their web sites the impact they have had over that many years. Imagine if there were no thousand-year history supporting architecture, engineering and the building trades, but that anyone who wanted to build a building, first had to figure out what talent was needed, and then had to build training programs so the talent had the skills needed to build the building. Imagine them doing this while also trying to find the funding needed to develop the talent, and spread it to all the places where tutor/mentor "buildings" were needed.</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I've created a huge <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">library of ideas and information</a>, with links to over 2000 other web sites, who each link to many thousand of additional web sites. Working through this information will take years of study. Universities could make this a degree-earning process and provide manpower to support organization growth at the same time. Below is a presentation that outlines my goal. If you're connected to a university, or looking to put your name on a building at your alma mater, I hope you'll make this your mission.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I've written more than 1000 articles on the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor blog</a> since 2005, and tagged most of them so you can view multiple articles focused on a similar idea. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">At the right is a map of Chicago, showing poverty areas, and university locations, created in 2008 by Mike Traken, who worked at the T/MC for 3 years (until the money ran out). My goal since starting the T/MC in 1993 was that universities in every part of the city would have T/MC strategies, focusing on the area surrounding their university. See Mike's map & article <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2008/09/get-your-college-involved-time-magazine.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Furthermore, my vision was that these universities would actually connect and share ideas and what they were learning, so each could have a growing impact on helping end poverty in the region. </span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I've posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/university">78 articles</a> on the Tutor/Mentor blog since 2005, focusing on universities and roles they might take. On<a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/university-partnerships" target="_blank"> this wiki page</a> I outline my vision for university partnerships. Since every big city in the world has pockets of concentrated poverty, and universities, my invitation extends to the world. </span><br />
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</span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Enjoy your reading. I'll look forward to hearing from you.<br />
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PS: I talked with Michael Tam on Facebook in 2020. He's living in Hong Kong and serves as a curriculum development officer in the education bureau of the government. This is an example of the long-term connections I seek to foster.</i></span>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-74390100786819931892020-01-15T10:40:00.000-08:002020-01-15T10:40:29.483-08:00NU PIP Intern 2007-08<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2007 Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection began a four year partnership with the <a href="http://www.nupip.org/">Public Interest Program</a> at Northwestern University, which resulted in one new NU graduate each year serving a full time, one-year paid fellowship. Nicole White was the first, starting in July 2007. Below are excerpts from her <a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/">NicoleCabrini</a> blog.<br />
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<b>On<a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-first-post.html"> June 19, 2007 </a>Nicole posted her first article, saying:</b><br />
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<i>In this blog I hope to inform you about what is happening not only at Cabrini Connection but also in the general realm of tutoring and mentoring non-profits throughout the Chicagoland area.
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<b>On<i><a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2007/07/starting-great-adventure.html"> July 8, 2007</a></i> Nicole wrote</b>: <i>Tomorrow I start my great adventure of my first adult job. Before starting, I've been encouraged to read through several websites and blogs in order to begin to conceptualize what I need to accomplish in the upcoming year.
My boss, Dan Bassill has pointed out time and time again, it's one thing to build a house on a Saturday afternoon or volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving, but it's another to build a relationship with someone and help them week in and week out.</i><br />
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On <a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2007/07/business-school-connection.html">July 24, 2007</a> Nicole wrote about the Business School Connection strategy of the Tutor/mentor Connection</b><br />
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<i>One of the more interesting projects I've been given in these past three weeks is to maintain our <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/business-school-connection">Business School Connection</a>, a concept that was launched last year by a fellow through the University of Chicago Graduate School.</i><br />
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<i>The idea is very simple: why not enlist business schools to use their expertise on running businesses and taking that expertise to the realm of non-profits. After all, non-profits are pretty much businesses, just as their name indicates, not-for-profit. </i><br />
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<i>Back in May, when I attended the Tutor/Mentor Conference at Northwestern Law School, I sat in on a seminar about creating ties between corporations and non-profits such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, or Cabrini Connections.
Why not take this a step further? Why not instill this idea of contributing to the public interest while business execs are in business school? This is the whole idea of business school connection so that business schools themselves can have connections to non-profits. </i><br />
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<b>On <a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2007/08/enough-is-enough.html">August 16, 2007</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> Nicole wrote:</span> </span></b><i style="font-style: italic;">Yesterday I had two very constructive and eye-opening meetings. The first meeting was for every youth-centered non-profit organization that is funded by the city in our region. It was at the Union League Baretto Boys and Girls Club in Humboldt Park. The meeting overall was very interesting to me because I got to meet a lot of people I had been contacting these past couple of weeks.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">However, it was also very eye-opening to go into another neighborhood where there is high crime and fairly high poverty. Humboldt Park, like the area around Cabrini-Green is being gentrified (the city is now calling it Bucktown so the negative connotation of Humboldt Park won't stay with the area) and there is a lot of construction going on in the area.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">However, the real state of things in the neighborhood really came to light for me when I met a gentleman who worked at another Boys and Girls Club four blocks away (the two Boys and Girls Clubs can actually see each other from their buildings). Of course I was naive enough to ask "Why would you need another Boys and Girls Club four blocks away." His answer was painfully obviously: "Because the kids can't cross gang lines." What makes this even more interesting is that each of the Boys and Girls Clubs in this small area host over 1000 children.
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<b style="font-style: italic;">On <a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2008/03/shooting-at-crane-20th-cps-student.html">March 18, 2008</a> Nicole wrote an article following a shooting of a Crane High School student, on Chicago's West Side. </b><br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">On March 7th, a fight at Crane High School, on the West Side, resulted in the shooting and killing of one student and another student being in a coma after a savage beating with a golf club. Police are saying the fight was due to gang rivalries and as of today, more than 200 students who live in the ABLA housing projects where the shooter was from have to be given a police escort to school when it resumes next Monday due to fear of retaliation.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">There are many fingers being pointed at different directions, but just for curiosity's sake I looked up in our Tutor/Mentor Connection Program Locator, where Crane High School and the ABLA homes are located, and how many tutoring and mentoring programs for high school students are in that zip code. Not surprisingly, there are only 4 programs in the 60612 zip code that offer tutoring and mentoring programs.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">Finally, on another sad note, 20 CPS students so far this year have been killed by some act of violence. It's only March 18th and that is way too many young lives lost too soon. Almost all of them are from neighborhoods where tutoring and mentoring programs are few and far between.
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<b style="font-style: italic;">In May 2008 Nicole White transitioned to a new role for the next year as the Tutor/Mentor Connection Coordinator, funded through a grant from the Chicago Bar Association/Foundation Lawyers Lend a Hand to Youth program. </b><br />
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As she wrote in her March 18th article, One of my roles will be doing outreach to programs in areas such as that around Crane High School and helping to possibly new programs out there.</i><br />
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Nicole White served for two years as the Tutor/Mentor Connection Coordinator, building a deep understanding of the different youth tutor/mentor programs in Chicago and helping to draw them together for networking, learning and capacity building.</i><br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;">On<a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/2010/06/end-of-year-and-your-donations-are.html"> June 8, 2010</a> she wrote this article, as one of her final posts.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicole White<br />T/MC Coordinator<br />2008-2010</td></tr>
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It’s been a great year at Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection. 80 kids and 100 plus volunteers have made the Cabrini Connections program an award-winning success. Both the November Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference and the May Conference saw well over 100 people attend.</i><br />
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It would be nice to say that the year is ending with a bang and if financial issues weren’t a part of the picture, we indeed are.
Unfortunately, just as we’re ending a stellar year with both programs, we’re seeing funding dry up to pay payroll, rent, insurance, electricity and much more. I will be leaving Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection in two weeks, and the fact that this is the current situation deeply saddens me. Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection has been the best thing to happen to me and I am so deeply grateful to have worked here.</i><br />
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Each of these articles is an example of how Tutor/Mentor Connection / Institute, LLC has encouraged interns to learn and make sense of our strategies</b>, then communicate their understanding, to their readers, via blog articles, videos, and/or visualizations. This is work that students from any part of the world could be doing.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://nicolecabrini.blogspot.com/">Nicole's blog</a> and read more of the articles ahe wrote between July 2007 and April 2010.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-5333803882486347842020-01-15T09:30:00.002-08:002020-01-15T09:30:40.759-08:00NUPIP Intern - 2008-09Chris Warren was a NU Public Interest Program fellow from July 2008 to June 2009.<br />
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<b>Here's his "<a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2008/07/reflections-on-week-1.html">Reflection on Week 1</a>" which he wrote on July 15, 2008. Below I show just part of that article:</b><br />
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<i>To help ourselves and other related programs recruit enough quality volunteers, we organize collaborative volunteer recruitment strategy meetings with other organizations. I attended one of these last week with Dan Bassill, our CEO/founder and Nicole, a former NU student who is our current Research and Networking Coordinator.</i><br />
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<i>Throughout the meeting I think Dan made a strong case for the importance of maintaining a significant and regularly updated online presence, something we have benefited from in terms of volunteer recruitment, but also for public relations and fundraising aims. Honestly, the amount of information that Cabrini Connections and particularly Tutor/Mentor Connection make available online is staggering.
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<b>In his <a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2008/08/knowing-research.html">July 12, 2008 article</a> Chris launched a series of articles under the theme of "Knowing the Research". Here's part of that article:</b><br />
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<i>As tutoring/mentoring programs such as ours and Big Brothers/Big Sisters become more and more widespread, there has been an increasing amount of research both evaluating individual programs, as well as synthesizing previous work, such as by using the same meta-analytic methods we employed in the aforementioned paper. </i><br />
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<i> Above all else, these results demonstrated conclusively that MENTORING WORKS and are cited by organizations such as ours to argue for the effectiveness of our programming and why it is necessary for the kids we serve. By showing the effectiveness of mentoring in a well-thought out, controlled and published experiment, this study laid the groundwork for future investigations into the effectiveness of particular types of tutoring/mentoring and specific programmatic content. </i><br />
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<i> As you can see just from this brief post about a pair of mentoring studies, being familiar with the relevant research can greatly assist an organization such as ours to offer the best possible mentoring programming for our youth. Therefore I think it is especially important as someone who has gained a familiarity with the way this work is done and reported, to summarize and share this knowledge with people and organizations who can benefit.</i><br />
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<b>On January 21, 2009 Chris wrote <a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/01/has-obama-inspired-you.html">an article </a>with title "Has Obama Inspired You?" </b> He began by introducing the new http://www.tutormentorexchange.net web site.<br />
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<i>If you're not already aware, our wonderful eLearning and Technology Coordinator recently created a website to replace our aging "Tutor/Mentor Institute". It's called the Tutor/Mentor Exchange and it has information about a wide variety of tutoring/mentoring related topics, particularly those aimed towards helping potential advocates to more effectively support tutoring/mentoring initiatives of all kinds. There are articles here for anyone wants to help us in our goal to give every child growing up in poverty, access to a high quality tutoring/mentoring program...for those who agree with President Obama that our nation's success depends "on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. </i><br />
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<i>If you have been inspired by Obama's call to service like so many others and are in the health care field: check out the Tutor/Mentor Hospital Connection to see how you can make a difference. (Chris listed several other opportunities such as this). </i><br />
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<i>The information in these essays draws from decades of tutoring/mentoring experience culled from the members of the Tutor/Mentor Connection as well as Cabrini Connections Founder and CEO Dan Bassill's personal experience. In either case, it's worth checking out.
Hopefully you'll find one of these links worthwhile and find a way to get involved and use your particular talents to make a difference!
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<b>On March 17, 2009 Chris wrote <a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/03/college-program-our-mission.html">this article </a>with the title of "College Program: Our Mission".</b><br />
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<i>I am proud to announce that the (Cabrini Connections) College Program now has a mission statement. The mission statement will guide us in planning future programming and a serve as the starting point for program evaluation.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>The mission statement reads, “to transform youth from economically and educationally disadvantaged neighborhoods into college bound students through providing structured support, resources, and training.”</i><br />
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<i>Allow me to explain some of the details behind our mission, so that if you are a tutor/mentor with our program or another program, you can see what the mission statement means on the ground.....</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>Finally, I want to note my use of the word “transform” and the phrase “college bound students.” Transforming another human being is a challenge. It is a stronger than saying something like “to assist youth from economically and educationally disadvantaged neighborhoods in becoming college bound students.” As tutors/mentors we are literally assisting students, but more importantly we are a layer of support in the process of transforming a child who might have frame of reference about higher education into a student who is curious and excited about going to college.</i><br />
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<b>On July 9, 2009 Chris wrote this "<a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-year-later-what-have-i-learned.html">One year later, what have I learned"</a> article.</b><br />
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<i>Thinking back to where I was at this time last year, I never could have predicted how profoundly a year of non-profit work would change my personal perspective on work, life and my own future.
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<i>Perhaps the most important (lesson) is that connecting a youth with a caring adult volunteer through a tutoring/mentoring relationship is really one of the most powerful ways to help a disadvantaged youth succeed.</i><br />
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<i>Given the obvious benefit of our work in the areas of: academic achievement, employment gang-prevention, drug-prevention and violence-prevention, it is shameful that organizations like ours are constantly scrambling for the necessary operating dollars because government, business and other sectors with a stake in the future of youth growing up in poverty haven't taken a more active role in supporting programs like ours.</i><br />
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<b>Chris' final two articles in July 2009 used concept maps to show the articles he wrote in the past year </b>and to show the many different organizations and programs at Northwestern that could be supporting efforts like Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection. <br />
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<b>On <a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/07/concept-mapping-my-blog.html">July 12, 2009</a> Chris wrote</b> <i>I've mapped the various articles in my blog according to some general themes. Interestingly, since I've blogged about much of the work I've done here, the concept map can also read as a job description or summary of some of the projects I've embroiled myself in during my time here. Hopefully Bradley Troast, my NUPIP successor and others will not start from scratch, but rather build from some of the knowledge and expertise I've accumulated and shared in these articles and develop a more comprehensive understanding of the work we're doing and how to constantly expand and improve our social impact!
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<b>On <a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/07/mapping-northwestern-university-for.html">July 6, 2009</a> Chris wrote, </b><i>So as I've mentioned in previous posts, Colleges and Universities are full of valuable assets for Tutor/Mentor Programs like ours. They are chock full of smart and engaged people who want to make a difference. However, for better or for worse, universities are multifaceted communities, with a wide variety of buildings, departments, offices...etc. </i><br />
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<i>They also have an unfortunate tendency to be composed of various organizational silos that inhibit communication between different parts of the university. In fact many a program coordinator has been frustrated by the seemingly endless amounts of emails and phone calls necessary to reach the right administrator who can actually begin to help forge a mutually beneficial relationship.</i><br />
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<i>Therefore, after facilitating a workshop about ways to constructively engage Northwestern University at our May Conference, I decided it would be beneficial to put together a concept map of all of the different parts of NU that could help a tutor/mentor program like ours
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Each of these articles is an example of how Tutor/Mentor Connection / Institute, LLC has encouraged interns to learn and make sense of our strategies, then communicate their understanding, to their readers, via blog articles, videos, and/or visualizations. This is work that students from any part of the world could be doing.<br />
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Visit<a href="https://chrispip.blogspot.com/"> Chris Warren's blog</a> and read more of the articles he wrote between July 2008 and April 209.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-4464184845950091152020-01-14T11:54:00.002-08:002020-01-14T11:54:22.526-08:00NUPIP Intern 2009-10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bradley Troast was a NU Public Interest Program fellow from July 2009 to June 2010 then was hired to be part of the Cabrini Connections staff from July 2010 to March 2011.<br />
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<b>Here's a part of one of the <a href="http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-learnings.html">first blog articles</a> he wrote on July 14, 2009:</b><br />
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<i>As fresh eyes here at Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection, I am tasked with learning the organizations and my role in them. On the one hand, I want to get to know our students and volunteers of which there are more than 150 combined, and on the other hand, I want to understand concepts in the field of tutoring and mentoring and how our work - past, present, and future - fits into that conversation. </i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>Though such an orientation may seem daunting, I am well positioned for a swift familiarization. Resources here are endless! Cabrini Connections' historical record is exhaustive. More than 60 students and volunteers have been showcased in our spotlight, and I have already met several of them as they frequent our center over the summer. The Tutor/Mentor Connection web site is an invaluable asset. You can search an interactive map to find locations of tutoring and mentoring programs in the Chicago area.
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<b>On Sept. 4, 2009 Bradley wrote<a href="http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2009/09/tutormentor-institute.html"> this article</a> about the Tutor/Mentor Institute. He included this paragraph:</b><br />
<i><br />So if Dan were to start his own Tutor/Mentor advisory firm, what might it look like? Well, perhaps it already exists. The Tutor/Mentor Institute gathers and organizes all that is known about successful non-school tutor/mentor programs and shares that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of such services to children in inner city Chicago and other impoverished areas.</i><br />
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Little did Bradley know that in mid 2011 Dan Bassill would launch a Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC for the actual purpose which Bradley outlines in his 2009 article.<br />
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<b>At the end of his full year as a NUPIP fellow, Bradley wrote this in a<a href="http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/2010/07/one-year-later.html"> July 12, 2010 article</a>:</b><br />
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<i>It's hard to believe all that has transpired in the last 365 days. When I read my predecessor's "One year later" post last summer, I could sense his love for this work, but I couldn't feel it yet. I couldn't comprehend it. One year later, I know exactly what he was talking about. I am so happy with my position here and I am so grateful to be surrounded by more than 70 young people, almost 100 adult volunteers, and five invaluable staff members.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>The more I value the work of Cabrini Connections, the more I understand the necessity of Tutor/Mentor Connection. While we do great work at 800 W Huron, there need to be facilities like this all across Chicago; all across the nation. After-school hours are a vulnerable time for youth and if we can engage them in positive, academic- and career-oriented activities, we will all be better off. We are training the next generation.
I can see this on the ground, but I need others to see it, too. </i><br />
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<i>I would love to have more people in power such as businessmen, politicians, or athletes reading this blog and Dan's blog, visiting our web sites, or visiting our tutoring site, in order to recognize the value of our program. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>Each of these articles is an example of how Tutor/Mentor Connection / Institute, LLC has encouraged interns to learn and make sense of our strategies, then communicate their understanding, to their readers, via blog articles, videos, and/or visualizations.
This is work that students from any part of the world could be doing.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://cabrinipip.blogspot.com/">Bradley's blog</a> and read more of the articles he wrote between July 2009 and April 2011.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-74123449360822355012020-01-14T11:31:00.001-08:002020-01-14T11:31:16.649-08:00NU PIP Intern - 2010-11 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was from a March 7, 2011 <a href="http://tmcpip.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-cleaning-of-chicago-area.html">blog article</a> written by Karina Walker, our NUPIP fellow from 2010-2011.<br />
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<i>It isn't rocket science to surmise that where there are more poorly performing schools, more tutoring and mentoring programs are needed to give kids academic skills, guidance, and motivation to graduate from high school and prepare for their next steps such as college, vocational schools, or careers. For those growing up in poverty neighborhoods and with failing schools, building relationships with a mentor can give students the support they need to realize their own potential.</i><br />
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This was from a March 2, 2011<a href="http://tmcpip.blogspot.com/2011/03/strategic-city-planning-through-maps.html"> blog article </a>written b y Karina Walker<br />
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<i>While most small organizations certainly don’t have GIS staff positions, Dan Bassill values this type of thinking enough that our 6 person staff does include a part-time GIS specialist. This is something that differentiates the type of work T/MC does from most other nonprofits. T/MC uses whatever information is available to help communities make strategic plans involving tutoring and mentoring.
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Karina wrote included this in an August 19, 2010 article titled "A Century after Ford"<br />
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<i>Henry Ford’s famously effective strategy for constructing a car-- workers building separate components in order to create a common product--is in many ways analogous to the Tutor/Mentor Connection's mission toward addressing massively complex issues like “urban poverty” or “equal access to opportunities” or “violence in American cities.” Even more so than assembling a car, however, attacking any of these issues as an individual (or even as a single organization) is as impossible as it is daunting.</i><br />
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Each of these articles is an example of how Tutor/Mentor Connection / Institute, LLC has encouraged interns to learn and make sense of our strategies, then communicate their understanding, to their readers, via blog articles, videos, and/or visualizations.<br />
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This is work that students from any part of the world could be doing.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://tmcpip.blogspot.com/">Karina's blog</a> and read more of the articles she wrote between August 2010 and April 2011.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-45490814498020099712018-08-01T17:11:00.000-07:002018-08-01T17:11:27.447-07:00The YOU in this graphic could be your students<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been using maps since 1993 to show where kids need extra help provided by non-school tutor/mentor programs, based on indicators like high poverty, poorly performing schools, and/or incidents of violence. You can skim through many articles on this blog and see how I've done that. You also can look at the articles at the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/">MappingforJustice</a> blog, or on the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/mapping-the-programs">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a> site, and see more examples.<br />
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Based on the information I've been able to collect, there are too few programs in many parts of Chicago and some of the programs that do exist need a lot of help on an on-going basis to be considered "world class" in what they do.<br />
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Collecting information about existing programs and leading discussions that determine where more programs are needed, or innovate new ways to draw volunteers, talent, ideas and operating dollars to programs in different neighborhoods is something youth in high schools and colleges all over the world could be doing.<br />
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I'd like to help you think about this.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-4150736000144912502018-05-26T13:08:00.001-07:002018-05-26T13:08:22.448-07:00Visit this Museum of Intern Artifacts from 2006-2015I posted an <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2018/05/networked-creativity-focused-on-local.html">article on the Tutor/Mentor blog </a>today, using the cMap below, which shows some of the work interns did while working with my organization in Chicago from 2005 to 2015. I hope you'll take a look.<br />
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As you wander through this cMap you'll also want to <a href="https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2017/04/work-by-interns-since-2006.html">read this article</a>, where you can find an even fuller list of interns and work they have done.<br />
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While I describe this as an archive, and a museum, the ideas are as useful today as they were when each project was first created. The ideas apply to any area with high concentrations of poverty. The process applies to building a better understanding of any complex problem and mobilizing more people to be involved in creating on-going, long-term solutions.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-35059477098074808492017-04-24T11:51:00.002-07:002017-05-01T12:15:23.619-07:00Work by Interns Since 2006<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since 2005 more than 30 interns from colleges in the Chicago region, and from countries like South Korea, China, and India, have spent time with the Tutor/Mentor Connection, ranging from one week to a full year.<br />
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Each has been asked to review ideas shared on Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web sites, then write a blog article, or create a visualization, that shares their interpretation of what they are reading and what this means to other people.<br />
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If you scroll back through articles on this blog, all the way to 2006, when Michal Tam wrote <a href="http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2006/07/reflection.html">this introduction</a>, you can see work that has been done. For archive purposes, I'm listing below some of the visualizations that were created. Visit <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc">this page</a> to learn more about interns who have worked with us. Visit<a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc#"> this page</a> to see projects that have been done. Visit <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc/forum">this group on Ning</a> to see how Interns have been supported in doing this work.<br />
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The work these students have done has been invaluable. Yet, it's greatest potential is to inspire other students from cities around the world, to create their own versions of the same projects or to interpret other ideas shared on the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/">Tutor/Mentor Blog</a> or <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC </a>web sites. <b>Through such efforts more adults might be reached, who will actually adopt and implement these strategies in locations throughout the world.</b><br />
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Note: <em>Pojects created using Adobe Flash are no longer supported on most browsers (as of 2017). You can download a swfplayer, from sites like <a href="http://www.globfx.com/downloads/swfplayer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.globfx.com/downloads/swfplayer/</a>, to view them in their original format. You can also view videos that have been created to show the animations. Links included below.</em>
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a) Introduction of Tutor/Mentor Connection Interns
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b) Meet interns making differences! <a href="https://prezi.com/-xqad_0eakip/meet-interns-making-a-difference/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; font-size: 1em;">https://prezi.com/-xqad_0eakip/meet-interns-making-a-difference/</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Byeonghui Kim on July 2013. 530 views.</span></div>
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c) Interns can make a difference! <a href="https://prezi.com/acdlg_nxjxy2/interns-can-make-a-difference/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; font-size: 1em;">https://prezi.com/acdlg_nxjxy2/interns-can-make-a-difference/</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Sunjoong Yoo on September 2014. 186 views.</span></div>
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a) Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC <strong>Learning Path Video</strong> Created by Wona Chang, Jan/Feb 2015. YouTube version, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGCDgzKMQfM" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>. 104 views.</div>
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b) <strong>Guide to Tutor/Mentor Institute Web Site</strong> video. Created by Wona Chang, Jan/Feb 2015. YouTube version, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umS4YsTHPhA" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>, 89 views</div>
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c) <em>Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy Map</em>/Goal-Animated Concept Map - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRipJPgenFc&t=243s&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi&index=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video version</a> (2017) </div>
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d) <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/Intro.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">T/MC Program locator</a> Introduction animation <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/Intro.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/Intro.aspx</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Taeho Ko. 2008</span></div>
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e) Tutor/Mentor Connection Introduction - (<a href="https://prezi.com/lt6msdiwtxf-/tmc-intro/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">T/MC) Intro</a>. <a href="https://prezi.com/lt6msdiwtxf-/tmc-intro/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://prezi.com/lt6msdiwtxf-/tmc-intro/</a></div>
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f) <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/rebuild_real.swf" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Service Learning Network</a> first version created by Paul Wei in Summer 2006 : <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/flash/TMC_logic.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/flash/TMC_logic.html</a></div>
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g) Tutor/Mentor Service Learning Network Revised version : YouTube video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=3SKO5OiERRk" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>. <br />
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Original Flash Animation: <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/rebuild_real.swf" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/rebuild_real.swf</a> Created by Inee Choi in 2011. Video created 2017.</blockquote>
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h) <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/eventyear.swf" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tutor/mentor Connection Year Round S</a>trategy to build support for tutor/mentor programs. See 2011 video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuKenGB79E&t=77s&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi&index=2" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click here</a>. See<a href="https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=J1YX54JBaVU"> 2017 video</a> showing full animation. <br />
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Original Flash animation created by <a class="fn url" href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/eunsoo4union" style="color: #2e5f87; overflow: hidden; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Eunsoo Lee</a> on February 24, 2010. Adobe Flash version: <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/eventyear.swf" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/eventyear.swf</a> </blockquote>
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i) Animation showing Push Pull Strategy of Tutor/Mentor Connection. 2017 YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DepHnYZI9k&index=24&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video version</a>. <br />
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Original Animation: <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/ZPTApp9pOoGXjPqaH3*a09F*7i86qddSdvWwhNcCdqfQ7eDwl0ao0ZUd5oxk5msuDCCaT-s4zL1sFqlga6KOUw__/Goal.swf" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Click here</a>. Created <a class="nolink" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #2e5f87;">by </a><a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/JAWONKOO" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">Jawon Koo</a><a class="nolink" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87;"> on February 24, 2010 Narration by Bradley Troast, Northwestern University</a></blockquote>
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j) Animation showing goal of supporting tutor/mentor programs in all parts of Chicago. 2017 Video version TC. <br />
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k) Volunteer Recruitment Campaign video (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WI00ziwYs#t=50" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>) Creative by Minsub Lee in 2011. 45 views.</div>
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l) Infrastructure needed to build and sustain a tutor/mentor program. View 2017 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=2uKxWK2q3RY">YouTube video version.</a><br /><br />
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To view animation, <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/EZzh8aVS6VRo1yTAvkQUhuy9pzi3d7HmD8IUlxoHVlfXox6FNn64Hhvn9dgLd7J-0-w3yOW-Gbxq2ieyb6IMYA__/How_to_set_up_T_MC__v2.swf" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Click here</a>. Created by Sam Lee, Intern from IIT, 2011.</blockquote>
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a) <em>How You Can Make A Difference</em> video. <span class="font-size-2" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2;" title="Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection Promo Video (Chinese)"><span style="font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_snzidACvo" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_snzidACvo</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Kyungryul Kim on January 2013. 142 views.</span></div>
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b) <em>War on Poverty</em> video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLH87y1BPco&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLH87y1BPco&feature=youtu.be</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Kyungryul Kim on January 2013. 150 views</span></div>
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c) <em>The Power of Small Change</em> video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxXwLMFvx4&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxXwLMFvx4&feature=youtu.be</a> <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by Sunjoong Yoo, January 2014. 294 views</span></div>
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d) <em>Enough is Enough</em> animation. View in <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2012/06/stopping-violence-do-planning.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">this blog article</a>. <span style="font-size: 1em;">Created by July 2010</span></div>
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e) Resources on Tutor/Mentor Connection web sites. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SKO5OiERRk" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video version</a> (2017).<br />
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Flash Animation, created in 2009 by IIT interns. Narration by Chris Warren, Northwestern University. <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/resourcesmap.swf" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/resourcesmap.swf</a></blockquote>
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f) <em>Transforming Adults Involved in Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs</em>. YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ieJRBrk_I&index=5&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video 2011</a>-495 views<br />
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a) <em>Creating Network of Purpose</em>. Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy. Prezi created by Byeonghui Kim on June 2013. 585 views. Shown in blog article at <a href="http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2013/06/if-we-want-to-help-kids-through-school.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; font-size: 13.0909px;">http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2013/06/if-we-want-to-help-kids-thro...</a></div>
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c) <em>Step 2 of 4-Part Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy</em> - <a href="https://prezi.com/rm5plphjyds5/2nd/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://prezi.com/rm5plphjyds5/2nd/</a> <span style="font-size: 13.0909px;">Created by Mina Song on June 2012. 760 views.</span></div>
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d) Step 3 of 4-Part Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy - <a href="https://prezi.com/vzfrfvhdvvnb/3rd/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://prezi.com/vzfrfvhdvvnb/3rd/</a> <span style="font-size: 13.0909px;">Created by Mina Song on June 2012. 733 views.</span></div>
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e) Step 4 of 4-Part Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy - <a href="https://prezi.com/lrfhrmqdpdaa/4th/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://prezi.com/lrfhrmqdpdaa/4th/</a> <span style="font-size: 13.0909px;">Created by Mina Song on June 2012. 880 views.</span></div>
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f) <em>4-Part Problem Solving Strategy</em> of Tutor/Mentor Connection - <a href="https://prezi.com/6l5imdjw1tyk/problem-solving-strategy/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://prezi.com/6l5imdjw1tyk/problem-solving-strategy/</a> Created by Byeonghu Kim on June 2013 776 views.</div>
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a) Introduction of Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connection, in Korean. By Minsang Lee, 2010. <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/video/video/showFullScreen?id=783429%3AVideo%3A12743" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Click here</a>b)<br />
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b) Introduction of Tutor/Mentor Connection, in Chinese. 2010. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAxiivqFc6Y#t=61" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click here</a>. By Willow Yang, 2010. 115 views.</div>
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c) Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference video, 2010, by MinSang Lee. <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/video/video/showFullScreen?id=783429%3AVideo%3A12471" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Click here</a></div>
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d) <b>Graphic of Valentine shaped heart </b>showing warmth of tutor/mentor bond. <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/Nuud0XVZeEtukuMRhfz-iRpdGgrG5WFoTEu6nhb60dh68VcUOPl7YaG4l5fIXIqpuqzRTCpbQXGxN9fqlspK9g__/TUTOR.gif" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Click here</a>. Created by SungHee Jung in Feburary 2012. </div>
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e) <strong>Video showing "Hope & Love" of Tutor/Mentor bond</strong>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxDLz3aktyc" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click here</a>. Created by Sung Hee Jung, Feb. 2012. 136 views.</div>
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f) Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference (2008) video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvdLueMBV24" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click here</a> Created by by SEUNG JUNG LEE, June 2008. 296 views</div>
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g) Animation introducing Tutor/Mentor Connection: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOCsoT6ATs4#t=30" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOCsoT6ATs4#t=30</a> Created on June 2011 39 views<br />
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h) Template for Tutor/Mentor Connection newsletter - <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/publisher1rev.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e5f87; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2011 pdf</a> by Sam Lee. </div>
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A few days ago I posted an article telling that the Flash Animation projects done by interns between 2007 and 2011 were no longer view-able because browsers no longer support that technology.<br />
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I found a way to view them, by downloading a swfplayer and opening the projects that way. It works, but I doubt many will do this.<br />
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So I also innovated a way to create videos, using my phone's camera, and a $10 tripod, to show what's in these projects. Below is one that I created today that shows the resources in the Tutor/Mentor Connection library.<br />
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If you visit <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/ideasanimation">this page</a> you will see a video link to other Flash Animation projects. <br />
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While this will show the work that was done, and hopefully inspire other students and volunteers to create their own visualizations showing the same projects that past interns have worked on, the fact that these were created before 2011 creates other problems.<br />
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<b>Mainly, many links are broken. </b><br />
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Thus, if you do use the swfplayer to view the project, nearly half the links no longer point to the specific page they are intended to show. I'd love to find a way to go into the programming for these and update the links, but I'm not sure how much benefit that will offer.<br />
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For now, this is a work-around solution. I'm sure if you're looking at the videos I've created or the blog article I write at the Tutor/Mentor blog site, you might say "I can do that better." That's true. And that's an invitation to you and others to do this work yourself.<br />
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If you're a student, educator or someone else concerned with problems in your community, and see the need to create greater public involvement in learning about problems and potential solutions, enlisting young people to help attract those who could help would be a good way to start.<br />
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That's what I've been trying to do.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-35224124790771206982017-04-12T07:11:00.000-07:002017-04-12T07:15:37.523-07:00Flash Animations by Interns No Longer Easy to View - Workaround Needed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you browse articles on this blog, dating back to 2007, you'll see a variety of visualizations, like this one, that use Flash animation to communicate a strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (and since 2011 the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC).<br />
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Unfortunately, as time goes on older technologies are no longer supported and that includes Adobe Flash. To view these in the format they were created you need to download a swfplayer which you can find at<a href="http://www.globfx.com/downloads/swfplayer/"> this link</a>.<br />
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I've created a video, which you can see below, to show the project for those who don't want to download the swfplayer. I've also added some comments updating status of Tutor/Mentor Connection. <i>To see the project shown above, and others,<a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/ideasanimation"> visit this page.</a></i><br />
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Over the next couple of weeks I plan to record all of the projects created with Flash animation so they remain available to help people understand the strategies I launched in 1994 to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs reach youth in all high poverty neighborhoods of a city like Chicago, and to help each program get on-going resources that help them build mentor-rich strategies that help kids who start in these programs when in elementary school, be starting jobs and careers with the help of people they met on their journey through school.<br />
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At the same time, I'm trying to show that students and volunteers from middle school, high school, college and non-school programs in Chicago and other cities could be creating their own visualizations of Tutor/Mentor Connection strategies and share them with leaders in their own communities who need to provide the time, talent and dollars to make mentor-rich programs available.<br />
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I've coached interns using <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc">this on-line forum</a> on Ning.com. I invite you to look at the conversations and work done over past years. As with the changes in technology, Ning moved from being a free site, to a moderate-cost site to a more expensive site over the past few years. I've not been able to generate consistent revenue to support the Tutor/Mentor Connection via my current Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC structure, so don't know if I will be able to continue the Ning site past this coming year. The annual fee for 2017-18 is $600. If you'd like to help pay that fee, use the PayPal button on <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/20-year-effort.htm">my personal "gofundme" page</a> to send a contribution.<br />
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If you're a student, volunteer or educator who might want to help with this work, introduce yourselve via the comment box or connect with me on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TutorMentorInstitute">Facebook</a>.<br />
<br />Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-44439959757320654642017-03-07T11:22:00.001-08:002021-10-13T14:33:02.002-07:00Take a learning journey through Tutor/Mentor web libraryIn 2010 a volunteer who was looking at the resources of the Tutor/Mentor Connection wrote a blog article titled "<a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/blogs/thinking-like-google">Thinking like Google</a>", in which he compared the T/MC to Google. He wrote,<br />
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I've built a huge <a href="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/LinksLearningNetwork/LinksLibrary/tabid/560/language/en-US/Default.aspx">web library</a> and I've created a variety of PDF essays over the past 20 years that are intended to help people learn ways to support the growth of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and learning programs in high poverty neighborhoods. While I point to these via email newsletters and social media, I've been looking for new ways to introduce these concepts.<br />
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<b>How about a WebQuest? </b> How might I motivate students and adults to take Michael's advice and begin to journey through my web library, and as they do, share what they are learning with people in their own network, so they begin their own journey through this information.<br />
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Several years ago I began to learn about WebQuest and I created an animation to introduce this concept. <b>You can view it on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlaYqlcn61g">YouTube</a></b><br />
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Here are a couple of other animations introducing students to a web quest.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-0hrSy0gI">Making a map</a>, class assignment, animation.<br />
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Doing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUtDEE5SbWY">a web quest</a>.<br />
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Interns were on this journey for short bursts of time every year between 2006 and 2015. Here's a page that shows <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/ideasanimation">work interns have done in the past</a> to guide people through this information.<br />
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I've been updating the links on the web library so all are working, and I keep adding new links. I also keep adding new blog articles <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/">here</a>, <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/">here</a> and <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.wordpress.com/">here</a>. Some of the articles written 10 years ago are as relevant today as they were then, so while it's important that you subscribe and follow new articles, it's also important that you visit the past and read some of those articles.<br />
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Here's a visualization done by one of our past interns that illustrates the goal of supporting groups of learners in many sectors, who each look at maps to determine where youth and families need more help, and what programs are already operating in those areas.....who need constant support to constantly improve and stay available.<br />
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The links in the web library point to more than <a href="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/FindaProgram/ChicagoAreaProgramLinks/tabid/561/language/en-US/Default.aspx">200 youth serving programs in Chicago</a> and others around the country. They point to research articles and to business and foundation web sites. They represent a large ocean of ideas you can use to help programs grow, by borrowing good ideas already working in different places, rather than by starting from scratch on an on-going basis.<br />
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Students could be looking at the web library and could be creating their own presentations to draw adults and other students from their own community into this information, and into actions that lead to the growth of more programs in more places that help kids move through school and into careers.<br />
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If you're doing this, please share your links so others can learn from you. If you're interested in exploring this idea with me, let's connect on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam">Twitter,</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TutorMentorInstitute/">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tutormentor/">Linkedin</a>.<div><br /></div><div><b>10-13-2021 update </b>- in the Cabrini Connections program that I led from 1993 to 2011 we created a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090221135837/http://blog.mentorforme.org/2009/01/tutormentor-connection-links-library.html" target="_blank">COOL CASH</a> program to try to motivate teens to go into the Tutor/Mentor Connection library, looking at links in specific sections, then writing about the ones they found the most interesting or useful. Here's an archive page describing that program. Unfortunately I left before we were really able to instill this form of learning among our teens.</div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-26292174790960768542016-02-12T10:27:00.001-08:002016-02-14T07:40:01.282-08:00Share the Love. Change the World. Make it Better for All.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This graphic was created by two interns from South Korea during a a seven week internship in 2012. I wrote about it and included a link to the animation in<a href="http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2012/02/mentoring-offers-hope-and-opportunity.html"> this article</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was prompted to write today's article because Sunday will be Valentine's Day. <a href="http://ucwbling.chicagolandwritingcenters.org/love-and-other-languages/">This article</a> from the DePaul University Center for Writing-Based Learning includes it's own message of Love heading into this weekend. Another article, <a href="http://tachesdesens.blogspot.fr/2016/02/brass-bandsbig-brands.html">by Simon Ensor</a>, a professor in France, communicates the same idea and points to ideas I've been sharing at the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/">Tutor/Mentor Blog</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's another graphic, also created by the 2012 intern team. Song Me Lee wrote <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-i-ve-been-doing-for-t-mc-and-what-i-ve-learned-from-t-mc?xg_source=activity">this article</a>, to show how the graphic was created, and to show what she'd been learning during her internship. I encourage you to look at<a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/SongMiLee?xg_source=activity"> all of the messages</a> posted by Song Me during her internship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc">this page</a> of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web site I post a list of interns from 2006 till 2014, with links to articles they wrote to introduce themselves at the start of their internship, and then links to final reflection articles. Some provide more information than others, but all show an intent that the intern learn new ideas and new skills from working on their projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I've interviewed students for these internships I've emphasized that one of my goals is that these students continue to stay connected to the Tutor/Mentor Connection library of ideas and to each other, so that in future years they become a community of people who help each other, and who apply these ideas to making the world a better place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I created this presentation to show a goal of having student-led Tutor/Mentor Connection-type teams growing on high school and college campuses throughout the US and the world. Anyone who takes a few moments to view my blogs and then shares what I'm writing about, as Simon Ensor has done on his blog, is providing inspiration and motivation for one or many people to take this roll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm still waiting for the first university or high school to adopt this strategy, and for the first corporation or benefactor to endow it with 10 years of funding, but as they say "Rome was not built in a day." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I created<a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1PW8PNDSL-25F5930-2LQ4/Blog%20Exchange%20Map.cmap"> this concept map</a> to illustrate this vision. If you start writing about my ideas and/or creating your own visualizations, share the link in the comment box and I'll add you to this map.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Better yet, create your own map, and add my blog articles to it. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Through the collective effort of many, we'll gather the bricks needed to build the "Rome" of this vision.</span>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-9444525860623622292016-02-11T07:44:00.001-08:002016-02-11T11:54:49.343-08:00Many Ways for Young People to Tell Stories <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the past 10 years I've hosted interns via the Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, based in Chicago. If you browse through the articles on this blog you can see work they have done, and find places where I'm encouraging educators at the K-12 level and in colleges, as well as leaders and volunteers in non-school youth programs, to engage their own students in creating visualizations for the same purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the past couple of months I've been following a series of cartoon comics, created by <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KevinHodgson">Kevin Hodgson</a>, a 6th grade teacher in Western Massachusetts. Below is one.</span><br />
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Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-50390578175421132132015-08-02T09:32:00.000-07:002017-04-24T11:24:08.331-07:00Visualizing New Ways To Solve Social ProblemsThe graphic below is from <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/strategymap.swf">this animation</a>, created by interns from IIT in Chicago during 2008-09 internships. (Note: the animation can now be seen in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRipJPgenFc&t=243s&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi&index=1">this video</a>). The goal was to share the vision and four-part strategy piloted by the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) since it was launched in 1993. <br />
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Since 2005 a number of interns have worked with T/MC. They've all been challenged to find new way to visualize and communicate ideas originated in Tutor/Mentor Connection blogs, aiming to increase the number of people working to help programs grow in high poverty neighborhoods that expanded the network of adults helping kids move through school and into jobs and careers. <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/ideasanimation">This page</a> shows projects that have been done.<br />
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Yesterday I was encouraged to view a <a href="https://vimeo.com/115154289">TED talk</a> by Bret Victor, a technology visionary who has helped develop some of the tools we use today. I was awed by the work he has done and his vision of the future. Below is a video from <a href="http://worrydream.com/#!/Bio">his bio page</a>, that shows creative ways to represent ideas.<br />
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My goal is that youth in k-12 schools, colleges and non-school programs look at the work interns have done with me in the past, and the ideas I keep adding the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/">MappingforJustice</a> blog and <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC*</a> blog, then challenge themselves to find new ways to communicate these ideas to the people in their own family/community network. The result will do the following:
a) increase the number of people looking at these ideas<br />
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b) increase the range and number of people giving time, talent and dollars to help high quality, mentor-rich, programs reach youth in under-served areas with supports that help those youth move through school and into 22nd century careers<br />
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c) increase understanding of youth who work on these projects of the infrastructure needed to build and sustain long-term programs, and the ways volunteers, donors, youth and others can proactively support such programs in all parts of a geographic area<br />
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d) expand youth understanding of spatial mapping and dynamic communications tools<br />
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e) expand growth of information-based intermediaries like T/MC in other cities of the world, and apply this problem solving strategy to other social/environmental issues<br />
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f) create a future generation of leaders who use information and networked-learning consistently to innovate solutions to problems and use dynamic communications to share solutions in ways that build and sustain support from a wide sector of people for these solutions.<br />
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On<a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/visualization-competitions"> this wiki page</a> I describe how this might become a competition that involves a growing number of young people and volunteers. <br />
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As more youth become involved in this work, and learn from people like Bret Vector, we'll create a future generation of leaders who apply these tools to visualizing and shaping a brighter future for the world they will inherit.<br />
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*<i>The<a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/"> Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC </a>was created in 2011 to continue the work of the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago, while helping similar intermediaries grow in other cities.</i>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-58805001422632793772015-05-12T11:09:00.002-07:002015-06-29T14:05:32.565-07:00Visualizing ideas. The Role of IntermediariesI encourage you to view this animated video, highlighting ideas from Robert Putnam's book titled <a href="http://bowlingalone.com/">Bowling Alone</a>.<br><BR>
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Once you've viewed the video, visit the <a href="http://www.macat-blog.com/macat-blog/">Macat.com blog</a> and see how they are creating a wide range of videos and blog articles to share big ideas. <br><BR>
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If you're interested in doing this work, why not join and introduce yourself in the <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc">Tutor/Mentor Connection forum.</a>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-25339889246817669982015-02-16T04:44:00.002-08:002016-03-30T09:33:54.244-07:00Introduction to Tutor/Mentor Exchange Web Site and StrategyDuring her Jan-Feb 2015 internship with Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Wona Chang created two visualizations using Prezi. In one she showed a "<b>learning path</b>" that guides visitors through the different strategies and resources offered by the T/MI and Tutor/Mentor Connection. In the second, she showed different sections of the T/MI web site.<br />
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Hopefully these will be used by thousands of people who are looking for ways to help high quality, constantly-improving tutor/mentor programs grow in big cities like Chicago. <br />
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I wrote <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2012/05/avengers-leadership-teams-introverts.html">this article</a>
focused on deeper learning in 2012. It emphasizes the many hours of
reading and reflection needed to understand issues before being able to
lead and innovate solutions. The work Wona and other interns have done
illustrates a learning strategy that could be duplicated in many places.
Spend time browsing information related to an issue that is important
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If more people do this for many years we can change the way we solve problems in the world.
As I've said in the past, I think youth in high schools, college and
other non-school tutor/mentor programs could be doing the same type of
work as Wona and past interns have done, helping others in their
community find and use ideas that help great programs grow in ALL of the
places where kids need extra help.<br />
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If you're doing this work, or want to do it with the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC please introduce yourself.
Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-91094416623130209182015-02-11T08:14:00.000-08:002016-03-30T09:41:20.454-07:00Introduction to Tutor/Mentor Institute web site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74Ity5KwejBuMUyoH4XKeVAasmHlvVt6HxKI4sChtUaNTPMKx0_W2_HPx8_5EH8FTZO8Q1iIA4NX_taX_Cw6-u2JukudHGhmM-_L-wBiDNZPS6gLIK_t4PVoIXcDjsqcDnExwxQ/s1600/TMI-organization.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74Ity5KwejBuMUyoH4XKeVAasmHlvVt6HxKI4sChtUaNTPMKx0_W2_HPx8_5EH8FTZO8Q1iIA4NX_taX_Cw6-u2JukudHGhmM-_L-wBiDNZPS6gLIK_t4PVoIXcDjsqcDnExwxQ/s200/TMI-organization.jpg" /></a></div> I created this graphic to help people understand the information available on the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">Tutor/Mentor Institute</a>, LLC web site.<BR><BR>
Wona Chang, the 2015 winter intern from IIT and South Korea, created the introduction shown below, first using Prezi, then by adding the Prezi to a YouTube video, which is seen below.<BR><BR>
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I wrote <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2012/05/avengers-leadership-teams-introverts.html">this article</a> focused on deeper learning in 2012. It emphasizes the many hours of reading and reflection needed to understand issues before being able to lead and innovate solutions. The work Wona and other interns have done illustrates a learning strategy that could be duplicated in many places. Spend time browsing information related to an issue that is important to you, then create your own visualization to guide others through the same information. <BR><BR>
If more people do this for many years we can change the way we solve problems in the world.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-90897460822280413472015-01-27T07:39:00.000-08:002016-03-30T09:37:48.715-07:00Follow this Learning Path to Understand Tutor/Mentor Connection strategies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMaZ4rp-7Kt_Dppq5g_WofE7h2qmFm-2qdzgJsi0UphH6os5nHvE5mSxrSdaUDsR9ndqR9B5jkzB6Qw1DVfRgRaMM2RAYX4bDMLvGvl0cPtV1HwHWvPXDW-0nFueDb8H3jdbgSA/s1600/20150121_133852.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMaZ4rp-7Kt_Dppq5g_WofE7h2qmFm-2qdzgJsi0UphH6os5nHvE5mSxrSdaUDsR9ndqR9B5jkzB6Qw1DVfRgRaMM2RAYX4bDMLvGvl0cPtV1HwHWvPXDW-0nFueDb8H3jdbgSA/s200/20150121_133852.jpg" /></a> For the past 9 years interns from South Korea, China, India and US universities have spent time with Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) in Chicago working on projects that help communicate the ideas and strategies T/MC has developed over the past 40 years. The January 2015 intern is Wona Chang,from South Korea. Below is a presentation she created over the past two weeks, to provide a different guide to this concept map.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/ideasanimation/intern-strategies">this page </a>you can see other projects which were also done using Prezi. However, Wona is the first intern to figure out how to create a sound track, where she guides visitors through the presentation. She also put in web links pointing to some of the same sites the original concept map points to.<br />
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In addition to creating an English language version, Wona created a Korean language version (<i>2016 note: these are no longer available on Prezi</i>). Since every major city in the world has areas of concentrated poverty where people live more isolated from the rest of the community and its resources, the T/MC strategy could be duplicated in many countries. Thus, finding ways to creating versions of the blog articles and web presentations in different languages will help leaders in other countries find and adopt these ideas.<br />
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Wona and I share ideas in <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc">this on-line forum</a>. If you'd like to work on one of the T/MC visualizations, join in.
Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-90547914517514277862015-01-15T10:44:00.000-08:002019-11-18T14:33:30.769-08:00New Intern helps launch 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since 2006 interns from various universities have spent time helping communicate ideas and strategies of Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute.<br />
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Each intern starts with an introduction. You can see many from past interns on <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc">this page</a>. <br />
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Our newest intern is Wona Chang, from South Korea. She created <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160116133002/https://prezi.com/ie8vcjoqubjv/who-is-wona-chang/">this Prezi</a> presentation to introduce herself. She said "It was the first time that I work on prezi, so what I first did was learn how to use it. I had a lot of fun learning new skills."<br />
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Thanks one goal of this internship. Students should learn new skills and have fun doing it. While Wona works with me in Chicago, others are invited to join our <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc">Tutor/Mentor Group</a> and do similar projects from where ever you are.
Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-24288862186102921432014-10-28T12:54:00.000-07:002017-04-24T11:32:38.823-07:00Intern Visualizations help communicate ideasIn <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/10/brainstorming-sharing-ideas-influencing.html">this post</a> on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC blog I showed how I scratch out ideas during meetings, then later convert them into visualizations. In the article I illustrate how interns have taken the graphics I first launch as a blog article or a power point visualization, and create new interpretations using their own talent. Here's an example.<br />
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This is an image I created many years ago to illustrate the need to support youth from first grade through high school and into jobs. It show three time frames in the day, including after 5pm when workplace volunteers would be more readily available for weekly involvement in non-school tutor/mentor programs. It shows that while parents, teachers, mentors and tutors are "pushing" youth to make decisions that have a positive influence on their lives, the business community could be "pulling" youth through school through the involvement of volunteers as mentors, and their workplace as opportunities for job shadowing, apprentice programs, part time jobs, and entry points to careers.<br />
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This graphic is from an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DepHnYZI9k&index=24&list=PL0WzkMX3PErKqlUqsX0ifs6zG3hPRGqvi">animation</a> created by an intern from South Korea (via IIT) that communicates this idea in a new way. <br />
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At this link you can see a wide range of visualizations done since 2006. If you'd like to do work like this introduce yourself on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam">Twitter</a> or join the Tutor/Mentor Connection<a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/"> Forum</a> and introduce yourself.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-89273594339646578232014-05-15T17:37:00.000-07:002014-05-15T17:44:06.933-07:00See work done by past interns. Duplicate this in your school.Since 2005 interns from a variety of colleges have spent time creating new interpretations of the ideas I've posted on various Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute web sites. Last year I asked interns from IIT to create some new presentations that gave attention to work done by others. In <a href="http://prezi.com/-xqad_0eakip/meet-interns-making-a-difference/">this visualization</a> the intern used Prezi. <br><br>
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A second intern, Kyungryul Kim, developed a video, posted on YouTube, introducing the same interns, but using a different form of communications.<br><br>
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Since 2005 several dozen interns from colleges in the US, South Korea and China have spent time creating new interpretations of the strategies I've been creating for over 40 years. Hopefully some of these interns will continue to work with these strategies in future years, or some of the people looking at them will adopt them in their own efforts.<br><br>
I support this work in a <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/group/cktmc">sub group</a> at <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com">http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com</a> and I invite students from junior high, high school and colleges around the world to join the group and create your own interpretations of this information. This could also be project based learning for youth and volunteers in non school tutor/mentor programs. <br><br>
I've posted work done by interns and fellow in these following locations:<br><br>
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Videos by <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/InternsVideos.htm">2005-2012</a> interns are posted on Tutor/Mentor Conference site. On this page you can see <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/InternsVideos2013.htm">2013 projects.</a> <br><br>
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<a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc">Find an tntroduction of of many of our past interns</a>, on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC site
This represents a vast library of work. I encourage you to browse through some of the projects and use your social media to encourage people to look at them. As long as there are youth living in high pockets of poverty with fewer opportunities for learning and career development in a city, there will be a need for leaders to build strategies that support the growth of a wide range of youth tutoring, mentoring and learning programs in these areas.
Thus, these ideas are timeless. They need to be re-circulated in Chicago, and in other cities, so more people view them and consider which to adopt as part of their own leadership. There is work for many. Please get involved.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-61884410559972690832014-04-18T08:59:00.001-07:002014-04-18T08:59:46.440-07:00South Korean Ferry Disaster affects many who have been interns since 2006<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioK4SNdlJuRHHHhSTIvL4UZnJO4Z5Rtrc1xG3P8wMe-RA1f4jP3GqtQ71upWWOxbWKAgavvmHcmveNmoQ9MCGl_iW7Iyuc58y7QUuEuKXX-voimu2bLxDW_X-5XKrDaTRSfFUb8A/s1600/prayer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioK4SNdlJuRHHHhSTIvL4UZnJO4Z5Rtrc1xG3P8wMe-RA1f4jP3GqtQ71upWWOxbWKAgavvmHcmveNmoQ9MCGl_iW7Iyuc58y7QUuEuKXX-voimu2bLxDW_X-5XKrDaTRSfFUb8A/s200/prayer.jpeg" /></a></div> It is with great sadness that I follow the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">daily news</a> stories of the sinking of a ferry boat off the coast of South Korea. Since 2006 many students from South Korea have been interns with the Tutor/Mentor Connection and many may have friends and family directly involved in this tragedy. I hope for the best possible outcome over the next few days for each of you and those who are on board the ferry.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-62600454116189453342014-02-12T11:01:00.000-08:002014-02-12T13:38:00.739-08:00Simplifying Complex Ideas - Role of Interns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIIQXpJ5f7xRiKa-QnS0unsVhHbO0X9nmwiKT91HU8g68l6MT76vgMIlYIrfqXEU6rFeWnuM284up1hBNAp8_f0ZlbVFsa-uB87-kuFg6nC1NUqy2PGOvGnN75MuMC2GdSup5lg/s1600/Influencepath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIIQXpJ5f7xRiKa-QnS0unsVhHbO0X9nmwiKT91HU8g68l6MT76vgMIlYIrfqXEU6rFeWnuM284up1hBNAp8_f0ZlbVFsa-uB87-kuFg6nC1NUqy2PGOvGnN75MuMC2GdSup5lg/s200/Influencepath.jpg" /></a></div> This is a graphic introduced a few months ago on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC blog via <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/01/creating-super-bowl-of-attention.html">this article</a>. Most people looking at this will be overwhelmed and won't dig deeper to understand how it relates to their own involvement with helping youth through school and into jobs.<br><br>
Since 2005 interns from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Hong Kong Baptist, Northwestern, Loyola and many other universities have been spending time reading articles like this, then creating their own interpretations, in an effort to help more people view, understand, then apply the ideas.<br><br>
The video below was launched today. It was created by SUNJOONG YOO, who is one of two students from South Korea working with the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since Jan 20.<br><br>
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Once you've looked at the video do you understand it's message better than before? If so, please share it with leaders in business, colleges, politics, etc. so others will understand and apply the ideas.
Youth from many schools, youth organizations and cities could be creating visualizations like this as part of a citywide effort to transform the way youth are supported. If you'd like to help make this happen we'd like to hear from you.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-50544116429267065522014-02-06T08:30:00.000-08:002014-05-15T17:26:26.171-07:00Interns make a difference!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecwioxPPZyKYJq_wEqAdoqEQLGVF3XbBMrH_LxAItCB-DLGzqzQ13NTYvAjM8kXUpMl9NREOvGadP_sFWxsTuNhccyJDQIMutC2BPWTXHFPEwOoQMIs9oqaelA1x2keeCHmz1-w/s1600/Interns-2014Jan-Feb.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecwioxPPZyKYJq_wEqAdoqEQLGVF3XbBMrH_LxAItCB-DLGzqzQ13NTYvAjM8kXUpMl9NREOvGadP_sFWxsTuNhccyJDQIMutC2BPWTXHFPEwOoQMIs9oqaelA1x2keeCHmz1-w/s200/Interns-2014Jan-Feb.JPG" /></a> I've introduced Byungkwan Jang (left in picture) and Sunjoong Yoo in previous posts. They are interns from Illinois Institute of Technology and universities in South Korea who have been with me for the past four weeks. <br><br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LwapDw5Ov6Y8veDfJo1Blp5WMr2OlXZ2-B2ViD8tSt0253gGFdoktpDbPi494wQYpvZBbRLpU5bRlC9VX6uOr5TozoddTF4mXz8_cQWTxwRfP4DmqjNSTz4Ds9of_SG1QwPvHw/s1600/Final_Banks+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LwapDw5Ov6Y8veDfJo1Blp5WMr2OlXZ2-B2ViD8tSt0253gGFdoktpDbPi494wQYpvZBbRLpU5bRlC9VX6uOr5TozoddTF4mXz8_cQWTxwRfP4DmqjNSTz4Ds9of_SG1QwPvHw/s200/Final_Banks+copy.jpg" /></a></div>This week Byungkwan Jang completed a revision of the <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/AssetMap.aspx?map=Banks">banks section</a> of the Tutor/Mentor Program Locator's Asset Maps. This is work that has been needed since 2009, but I've not had money to hire anyone to do it, nor have I found a volunteer with the skill and experience to do it. Thus, I'm thrilled that Byungkwan volunteered to take on this role.<br><br>
Visit <a href="http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feb-5th?xg_source=activity">this page</a> to see his report on updating the asset maps. Read more about this on the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2014/02/map-directory-update-by-intern.html">Mapping for Justice Blog</a> and the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/02/use-maps-to-mobilize-community-assets.html">Tutor/Mentor Institute</a> blogs.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31083997.post-25544924046525104682014-02-03T10:32:00.001-08:002018-05-23T14:29:05.902-07:00New PSA for Tutor/Mentor This is one of four short videos created by SUNJOONG YOO, and intern from South Korea and IIT, to encourage more viewers to look at ideas shared on Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web sites. Take a look!<br />
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These are the four short 45 second PSA videos.<br /><br />
* Shoppers Guide - <a href="https://youtu.be/UtK3sE6NvRg">click here</a><br />
* Virtual Corporate Office - <a href="https://youtu.be/mpQtPztvZ1E">click here</a><br />
* Planning Cycle - War on Poverty - <a href="https://youtu.be/npxFhU0svhs">click here</a><br />
* Problem Solving - 4 Part Strategy - <a href="https://youtu.be/5YoyGhXhQgU">click here</a>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0