Article 12: What charity do you support? Why? Write an essay about a charity: (a) What story links you to the charity? (b) What problem does the charity address? (c) How does the charity reduce the problem? Learn about Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) and Marla Ruzicka

Today's article for the GED course will be about commitment and "the hearts and minds" and action. 

There is a quote that is often used in this situation.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/die.html#3GLjHCuqka3qkXtM.99

Here's another quote that captures the positive nature of charity...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Helen Keller 
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/die.html#3GLjHCuqka3qkXtM.99

EXAMPLE

The group is called Center for Citizens in Conflict.

I heard about the group after the founder was killed in 2005.  


When I showed the story to one of my students, he said, "Mr. Mac, that story is soooooo sad."  Yes, the story touched him.  

What story touches you?  What charity deals with that situation?  Write until tears come to your eyes.  Find a youtube video that captures the essence of the story.

Marla Ruzicka

WIKIPEDIA article about CIVIC

I'm going to cry when I talk with you about Marla and her group (called CIVIC when I first heard about it).




Remembering Marla

Click here for the video

I look forward to reading what you write and visiting websites that inspire you.



Here's what you can do:
Get into your Youtube account.
Click on SUBSCRIBE and LIKE and leave a comment.

Homework: What is the main message of Jared's email message?

Here's a skill:  Don't look at email for six hours.

It's hard.  I eventually extended the time to 24 hours and then to one week.  I went to Havana to give a series of workshops and it was great:  No messages for 168 hours.



I got distracted by this "notification" that I received from LinkedIn.  Yes, it is a skill for you, the GED student, to learn about.  LinkedIn is a useful additional tool in your collection of "things to know about" in the Internet.

But what can we do with these notifications?

I'm using a system called AwayFind.  I invite you to learn about the system.

Your assignment:  What is the core message of this email message from Jared?

  Oh, this looked interesting...

Remember the Power of One Click

Your assignment:  What is the core message of this email message from Jared?

Article 11: What words describe you?

Honesty
Ability to delegate (ask others to do something for you)
Communication
Sense of Humor
Confidence
Commitment
Creativity
Positive attitude
Ability to inspire


Think about these words (these are qualities of a person)


Here are some photos to distract you...  Richard Clark is a professor who has a lot to say...

You have been distracted by these photos.

Take a moment to write about each of the qualities at the top of the page ...


READ THIS ARTICLE about these ten words



Here are extracts from the article.

What is your commitment to this course?

Call your instructor and discuss these words and ideas.

Quote 1: Advice (Write your thoughts about this quote)

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Think about this quote.   

(A) What advice have you received recently?

(B)  How was that advice given?  Softly? 

or in a direct way?


(C)  What way works best for you?  

Do you prefer direct advice or soft (indirect) advice? 

Write your thoughts in your journal.

You can keep a notebook next to your bed 

so you can capture your thoughts.... 

ARTICLE 10: How can we collect pieces of useful information? How can we become curators (like organizers of information at a museum)? For example, Dr. Richard E. Clark talks about "Information abundance and siloing"

http://www.youtube.com/v/Odt41Guk4gE?version=3&autohide=1&autohide=1&feature=share&showinfo=1&autoplay=1&attribution_tag=AZf6k6D1wExSfVaY6BLKVQ

What is your net impact?

What is your impact on the Internet? Have you left footprints behind?    What is your trail? Can we find your fingerprints on the videos that you have seen recently? Did you make a difference yesterday? Did you help another person find something useful? We are here to serve each other.   Have you guided someone to find something useful?  Have you recently told someone to look at a helpful piece of information? When we leave a comment When we click "Like" When we subscribe to a channel We are showing our thanks. Let's show our gratitude.  YourNetImpact.com

Students in the GED Onlline Course need to "get with the program."
Get a Youtube channel
Get a Gmail account
Get a Twitter account
Get a facebook page

Use these tools to highlight information and
Point the teacher to visit some interesting websites and videos.

Your Personal Learning Plan

Here is a sample list of questions and boxes to complete to begin to create your Personal Learning Plan

These questions came from Shropshire

Added questions


a. What is difficult for you to do as a student?

b. What do you do when you have free time?  


c. Give a specific example:  How did you use your time last weekend?

d. What is an activity that you do during the week after school?

e. What groups do you belong to?  Religious, social, school groups... 


f. What do other people say they like about you?   


g. What is special about you?  What qualities do you like about yourself?

h. What jobs are interesting to you?

i. What will you be doing five or ten years from now?

j. What do you hope to do?  What will you accomplish in the next 20 or 30 years?

k. Do you like working in a group or do you prefer to work alone?




l. sWhat would you like to learn to do?   What skills are important to you?


m. What has been your biggest accomplishment so far?


These questions have been adapted from a list created by Learning One to One
www.L1to1.org


What makes you:

Angry?

Happy?

Sad?

Dissatisfied?

The Power Of One

What is the power of one person?

One person can click on several videos.

CLICK HERE and "LIKE"

One person can recommend to several friends, "Hey, click on this."

One person can leave a comment on a video.

You can have the power of one unless you have a youtube account.

Get into your Youtube account and go to this video... then leave a message, click LIKE and recommend this video to a friend.

then Go to THIS ARTICLE and start to build your Portfolio.

Let's go!   

Then call your GED Online Teacher.