Go+Green!

=All About Me=


 * My Picture**:[[image:CG_SmithRiver2010.jpg]]


 * My Name**: Catherine Green


 * My Nickname**: Go Green!


 * Things I Love to Do**:
 * 1) Dance
 * 2) Be in nature
 * 3) Travel in other countries and be among other cultures


 * Things I'm Good at**:
 * 1) Teaching online and supporting others to do so
 * 2) Professional development


 * Things I Care Most About**:
 * 1) Planet Earth
 * 2) Community


 * My Favorite Book**: A. Fadigan, //The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down// ( cross cultural miscommunications between Hmong epileptic child and her American doctors)
 * My Favorite Movie**: Chocolat


 * My Favorite Food**: Any little stuffed thing (ravioli, empanadas, pierogi, etc)


 * My Favorite Color**: Green


 * My Favorite Place**: Redwood forests


 * My Favorite Sport**: Dance


 * Something Else You Should Know About Me**: Performed on Turkish national TV with a Turkish folkdance ensemble


 * What You Are Hoping to Learn Today:** Best Practices / Lesson Learns about Growing and Sustaining an Online Community of Practice (support development of a few that use Ning - social networks for CA adult educators)

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES RECEIVED FROM TODAY's WORKSHOP:

Strengthfinders or Colorcoders - personality test - buy book with code in back, go online & take online test; helps identify areas of interest, capability, etc - pursue your passion Turadg Aleahmad - done deep research on social networking

Web 2 --about sharing - upload

Web 3 -- latter serves us up info based on its tracking of you and thinking you'd like this. (Google & Facebook know a LOT more about you than even your spouse!)

Presentation - Steve H on "10 Things I Learned about Social Networking" (e-mailed for it on 6/17/11)

NPR interview - kids who got into Princeton, Harvard, etc. --kids were doing stuff they really care about not just jumping through hoops with AP courses, etc.

Steve H - Public webinars.com: series of webinars on social networking