Elevator Pitch:
One of the greatest and least known come-from-behind victories of all time happened in the 1972 Olympic 800 meter finals in Munich, Germany. The winner was an ordinary-looking American named Dave Wottle. His build was slim, almost feeble. His equipment seemed slightly below average. In fact, the only remarkable thing [...]
Intro:
The goal of my Action Research is to integrate collaborative learning technologies for humanitarian objectives among my community of practice.
Globally, accelerate the rate of change for humanitarian issues such as oppression of women, education of children and health & wellness initiatives.
Locally, increase my ability as a humanitarian/filmmaker [...]
Here is the latest link for my Lit Review in PDF format.
http://cadre12.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ScottMortensenLITREV032810.pdf
Need to get it “approved” and then work towards proper APA format.
This paper has been very time consuming but I’ve learned a lot.
I am looking forward to getting back to the action in my action research.
Cycle 2 coming soon.
ScottMortensenCycle03202010
These two charts reflect a preliminary gauge of my attempts to build an online presence as a social entrepreneur and filmmaker.
FIRST CYCLE RESEARCH QUESTION:
Part 1: What did I intend to do?
If I create an online, episodic Video Internet forum with a built-in “profit-for-purpose” revenue model will it help amplify humanitarian efforts and unify my geographically [...]
Action Research Report Outline
PURPOSE: The purpose of my Action Research is to:
Globally, accelerate the rate of change for humanitarian issues such as oppression of women, education of children and health & wellness initiatives.
Locally, increase my ability as a humanitarian/filmmaker by [...]
I feel like MR’s comments have been ultra-helpful regarding chiseling down the scope of my Action Research. Tonight we discussed Qualitative Research: the purpose of this task is to have some sense of analysing the data we collect. So do what makes the most sense! How do I do that? For me, I will not [...]
MY ACTIONs:
My ACTION RESEARCH concept revolves around:
Social Entrepreneurship
I am helping to build a traditional 501c(3) non-profit benefiting people in Pandytown, Honduras. We are calling it HUMBLE ISLAND SERVANTS.org.
I am developing a progressive, profit-for-purpose model: a trademarked, online, social network featuring video podcasts and interactive media. Working title: the tarZen Diet, a Total Life Nourishment health [...]
OUR SEWLESS PURSES FOR MICRO_ENTERPRISE IN HONDURAS
THIS IS A LETTER I WROTE TO MRIEL AS AN UPDATE:
Here is my story starting from square one.
Instead of donating more money to non-profit groups I am involved in I decided to go back to school and see if I couldn’t make a bigger, more sustainable impact as a [...]
Field of Action Research: Social Enterprise; Pandytown Youth Center, Roatan, Honduras
Problem: The problem is that non-profit donations wither in times of economic downturn. Socio-economically disadvantaged persons can ill-afford loss of resources during times of global recession. Thus, there is a need for greater stability in humanitarian outreach—especially as it relates to the effectiveness of [...]
I get a call on Monday from Susi at Oaks Christian High School, in Thousand Oaks, CA. Susi is the director of student affairs and she’s inviting me to the 3rd Annual Community Service Fair to present my humanitarian project to high school and middle school students. (tentative Action Research: connecting online youth mentors in [...]
