[ instigate change ]

I am often asked by teachers, parents, and those that are just interested how I see technology impacting our youth and the up-and-coming generations. I am not going to give you my opinion...yet. Just leave you with a very interesting infogram to ponder on. You may be wondering what this has to do with team and community building but because it has roots in how we interact with each other and for me...how I even go about training my summer teams - I feel it is a very, VERY relevant topic. We'll talk more in a couple days.

 ...Google Friends Connect, that is. I feel as though this is a giant scandal of sorts...but it really isn't. If you're an avid blog follower (admittedly I definitely am) then you probably are "following" a number of blogs through Google Friends. I've had my head under the sand apparently because it was all news to me this last week when several of the blogs that I follow started talking about Google changing everything including the “Followers” widget that appears in the sidebar. This isn't a life-ending thing for me because most of you who read/follow my blog haven't used it (shame on you)...even though I can see where you're coming from (check the clustrmap!). All this to say that some time around the beginning of March – Google will shut down Google Followers. So...I'm jumping on the “Linky Followers” band wagon. It's super easy and like most things – it's FREE! The nice thing that I actually found when I signed...