I lead the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) which are the same org and mission but with different financial structure.
Since 1993 I have been collecting & sharing ideas others can use to fight poverty & inequality & help volunteer-based tutor/mentor orgs in Chicago area grow in more places (including the single tutor/mentor program I led from 1993 to 2011).
A farewell to Rob Paterson
Rob, from a recent Facebook of his which he captioned "The new me." My friend Rob Paterson is dying. I found out on Facebook today as he shared a remarkable thing that his daughter is doing. Rob was one of those bloggers that you'd meet sometimes in the early 2000s who posted tons of interesting stuff, and thoughtful, place based and personal posts.
https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/a-farewell-to-rob-paterson/
My August 2025 newsletter can now be read at https://tutormentorexchange.net/2025-newsletters/aug-2025-enews
Since school is starting it shares my lists of volunteer-based #tutor #mentor programs to help parents, volunteers and donors find them.
My August 2025 newsletter can now be read at https://tutormentorexchange.net/2025-newsletters/aug-2025-enews
Since school is starting it shares my lists of volunteer-based #tutor #mentor programs to help parents, volunteers and donors find them.
@creating #tdc4964 #ds106 #haikuforhope
Hope springs eternal
Creativity abounds
As each new day starts
weekly insights on using #ProCreate and #AffinityDesigner for art projects, focusing on #reflectivepatterns, #catillustrations, and lessons from #deloresnaskrent #terryrunyan
http://sheri42.net/2025/08/13/wednesday-wrap-up-cats-and-more-reflective-patterns/
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Aug. 8 that a pause in the russia-Ukraine war could happen soon, after holding a phone call with President Zelenskyy.
💬 "There are certain signals... that perhaps a freezing of the conflict – I don’t want to say the end of the war, but a freezing of the conflict – could happen sooner rather than later" -Tusk
Enjoy
Your
Weekend
Crap. I went to my favorite Blackout Poetry maker on Glitch, only to find out that Glitch has pulled the plug on it and other project apps.
https://blog.glitch.com/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch
Another one bites the dust ...
The History of the Web's @Jayhoffmann on “ The innovative designs¹ of 1995” (and, in many ways, the web we lost).
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-innovative-designs-of-1995/
¹ Including a mention of @zeldman work on the #Batman forever site 👉 https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/batman-forever-important-web/
Thanks to @toddconaway for this powerful multimedia essay, “What Happened? Twitter, COVID, Remote Work and Loss.” Read the essay:
https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/iHtGUPNYnZx06
This encourages me to NOT give up on my desire to serve as a catalyst for an EdCamp community here in Charlotte, NC.
Interested in EdCampCLT?
https://edcampclt.org
https://edcampclt.org/volunteer/
#community #NCed #edtech #socialnetworking #ds106 #EdCamp #EdCampCLT
Here's another page on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website, where I point to blog articles related to that topic. https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/leadership-strategies
While my primary focus is helping youth #tutor #mentor programs grow, this section of my library has resources to help solve any complex problem. http://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-Innovation-etc
That trust of private companies is the root of many social, economic and environmental problems. I'm 78 so don't expect change in my remaining years. I hope younger people find a solution.
@mgifford Between 2013 and 2022 I embedded dozens of Tweets into my blog articles. Here's one example. https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/11/movement-building-afterschool.html
I don't do that any more.
Sadly, some of the Tweets I put in my blog articles no longer work because the authors deleted their accounts. That's a loss of information.
I enjoyed browsing your collections. You must have a lot of fun creating "silly images". I share your pain on the loss of Flash animation, too.
I put a link to your site on a page with "extra curricular" activities that could make learning more fun for students. Volunteers and teachers are always looking for inspiration.
I use Twitter less than I did two years ago. Yet, I still visit daily for a few minutes because I find more useful information being shared there than I find on the three Mastodon channels that I also visit daily.
I still connect on Twitter with people who I met in the past who have not yet moved over here.
I had about 4500 Twitter followers 2 years ago and now 3500. I have far fewer here.
In most sections of my #Tutor #Mentor website I post links to my blog, where you can dig deeper. This is a page about using #maps the way Generals use them to win wars. https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/mapping-the-programs/no-general-would-go-to-war-without-a-map
While my primary focus is helping youth #tutor #mentor programs grow, this section of my library has resources to help solve any complex problem. http://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-Innovation-etc
