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 [...]
To avoid excessive clicking time I am going to consolidate 668 assignments in this all encompassing blog.
Read: Drive Part One
Blog: Identifying opportunities for change. How do you know when change is needed? How do people become passionate about change?
I have thought about this question for much of my life. As a health coach, [...]
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 [...]
Whew! Mentoring is a lot of work Apr 13, 2010 Publicly Viewable As my mentee and I taper off for spring break (not finish, just taper off) I am excited by the recent progress we have made. Some of these assessment artifacts will have to wait for next semester as they involve complex fundraising [...]
Although I am mentoring my mentee in social causes and philanthropy, I am surprised how much technology coaching I’ve also had to provide.
1. We sold some of his useless junk on Craigslist. This gave us some capital for good. I walked him through taking digital photos and designing an effective post on Craigslist.
2. [...]
Gamechangers from M. Scott Mortensen on Vimeo.
Part of my Action Research revolves around my drive to tell my own story.
We are the first generation bombarded with so many stories from so many authorities, none of which are our own. The parable of the postmodern mind is the person surrounded by a media center: three television [...]
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 [...]
A brief video with my mentor and me.
