Educators: Getting our "sea legs" for change back under us
As a kid, each spring after a long, hard Wisconsin winter, my Uncle Paul would pick my brother and I up to go fishing. I can still hear his laugh and the comment he made at some point in those trips where he would suggest that we would need to “get our legs back” after months of not being on the water. His reference, lost on me at 9, makes perfect sense to me as an adult. In my role working with educators daily, the feeling that we need to “get our sea legs back” encompasses much of what I experience as I talk with teachers about integrating technology into their practice today.
The past three years have been a hard trudge forward for teachers. Each day uncertain about the next challenge, the next “new” everything, and the constant feeling we might be stepping out onto thin ice. While the obvious challenges of teaching through the pandemic are the primary drivers of much of this uncertainty, we also have to keep in mind the political and societal shifts that have taken place since that time as well. All of this has placed educators and educational leaders directly in the heaviest crossfire.
As students returned back to physical classrooms, the desire to return to normal has driven so much of the interaction I have had with teachers. While I have been encouraging shifts in practice, changes in pedagogy, and adoption of new tools to support that work, many teachers have met me with understanding, a willingness to listen, but extensive trepidation in putting any of those ideas into practice. The pining for a return to what we have always known as school, driven somewhat by teachers, somewhat by families and students, and somewhat by educational systems and leaders, has left many professionals unwilling to take the leap tp try something new. In times of uncertainty or discomfort, new ideas and practices just do not have the same sticking power or intrigue.
As educators, we need to regain our appetite for systematic and ongoing change in our school systems. In the world of constant innovation and rapid technological change happening around us daily, the inability to change will be the death knell for school systems. What will it take to begin embracing this change again? Here are just a few ideas.
Embrace the reality of our students’ lived experiences in order to make learning relevant
Our students are connected to a world of influences daily that shape their view of normal. Like it or not, they spend hours daily interacting with others in social media platforms. They are inundated with videos and memes and images and visual design that all clearly send complex messages, communicate powerful information, and demonstrate for young people how the world communicates. This is the experience our students have come to find comfort and normalcy in daily. This does not suggest there is no room for more academic and professional methods of communication. It does mean, though, that the adults educating young people must work hard to find balance in how we communicate with our students if we want them to find relevance in our learning spaces. Our classrooms must start looking and feeling more like the world outside of our schools if students are going to see us as authentic and authoritative.
Acknowledge the Joy in Learning Something New to Add to your teaching practice
Throughout the early stages of the pandemic, as we taught educators all of the new tools and digital design techniques necessary for teaching online, I witnessed from many teachers something I did not anticipate: invigorated learning. The harsh reality of having to change everything overnight was overwhelming and cumbersome, but it was largely met by teachers who were eager and excited learners. I witnessed more pride and triumph during that time, from so many people who were eager to share something new that they had tried. The challenge to learn and use tools and practices entirely new fed something in their spirit. Learning is a joyful, uplifting experience. Mastering new skills, and then being able to share that journey with students — there is a bit of magic in that process that fills the soul of many teachers. Learning, growing, embracing a new technology, and keeping teaching fresh — this just may be the flame that re-ignites your spark as an educator.
Being Vulnerable Makes Us Approachable to Students, Families, and Leaders
It may seem counterintuitive, but demonstrating vulnerability is one way to make connections with the people we encounter. When others see us as imperfect beings doing our best to improve, they acknowledge a bit of themselves in us. Embracing new ideas and practices, and then sharing our attempt to learn and grow, makes us vulnerable. We are not the knowledgeable experts that have everything under control. This shows others we are willing and open to change, and that gives us credibility in itself. Try new things. Tell the world about it! Perfection is overrated anyhow!
For most educators the last 20+ years has been filled with an ongoing need to make meaningful change in our practice, classrooms, and schools. Slow, steady, predictable willingness to change has been the norm. However, the past two years have rocked schools and shell-shocked many of our best back into the habits and practices we have always known to work. While both predictable and understandable to a point, this landing zone cannot be our permanent encampment.
The winter is over. The spring of new ideas and exciting practices is here. Hop in the boat. While it may take a little time to get your sea legs back under you, the joy of what is possible awaits.
When Philosophers Code
Those of us who have never undertaken the discipline of developing technology at a deep, language-based, "nuts and bolts" level, often see what technology can do as a form of magic. The secrets behind how websites, apps, tools, and solutions are put together mystify us and seem almost separate from us. The skills needed to actually develop the tools seem unattainable.
Recently I had an opportunity to get an inside look at the world of professionals that are solutions engineers and technology developers at SafeNet, a technology consulting company in Milwaukee. Beyond the power of seeing a working environment outside of the educational space (something we see far too little of as educators), what most stuck with me was the diversity of pathways that these employees had taken to arrive on this career path in the technology industry.
One of our hosts was an accountant who had found a way to utilize macros in spreadsheets to make his job a little easier. We met an individual who was degreed for work in the exercise and fitness industry, but after only a few short years found himself returning to Milwaukee and landing in the technology industry. Another developer, now an engineer in charge of developing the cloud strategy for clients, was a philosophy major exploring a masters in philosophy. He took the road less traveled by most philosophers, though, and ended up in the tech industry as a developer.
Throughout the day the same message was repeated — work in the tech industry is not something that requires a lifetime of focus and commitment to the field. Students do not have to be intensely coding starting in middle school and then follow it up with a four year degree in computer science. The reality is that technology, at least in many cases, is an industry built upon the interest, passion, commitment, and self-starting mindset of individuals who learn the skills needed to become a developer.
Preparing Students for a Career in Technology
Over the course of our visit, our hosts shared with us a couple of keys that would ready our students for a career in technology.
Exposure to Developing with Technology Matters
While educators may not feel comfortable with the deep level coding required to build custom applications, we still need to help students understand that technology is malleable, customizable, and accessible. Some ways to do this on a surface level of development may be we allowing students to write formulas in spreadsheets, teaching them how to animate drawings or create customized animations in a program like Keynote, or develop websites and utilize embed code. Going a bit deeper, utilizing some basic coding apps or programs like Tynker, Scratch, or SWIFT Playgrounds are great ways to allow students to experience code safely and without a lot of teacher expertise required. Even utilizing resources like the Hour of Code are great ways to provide exposure to all students demonstrating the ab a deeper level of technology manipulation.
While the depth of coding may not be critical, it is key that we begin exposing students to the larger idea that they possess the abilities to manipulate technology more deeply than by simply changing default settings.
Project Work Matters
While some educators would be surprised to hear this, I swear this next statement to be true. One of the key players in hiring at SafeNet was asked what kind of educational background would be most relevant for students to have to be “employable” at the company. Her response was clear. Potential employees needed to have the skills needed to be a developer/coder. How they got those skills, what programs they attended, what degrees they held — all of these were largely irrelevant to her and the company. “If you really want a competitive advantage, show us your project work. What have you done? What kinds of teams have you been a part of? Can you work on a team? What have you seen from start to finish? That is what we are truly interested in when we hire.”
She went on to specify that the ability to work in a team, to be a part of the critical thinking process, to bring your experiences and abilities to the team — these were really the skills that they were looking for in a successful consultant. And she said it is largely the belief by many in the tech industry that no degree alone will give you that kind of experience and skill set. That is something that is learned from time-on-task engaging in authentic, meaningful, challenging projects.
Are we giving students opportunities to build a portfolio of work that would fit this description? Is it work that they value enough to put in the time, energy, and commitment needed to be "all in" on the project. Passion for their work is something we can help students develop in classrooms today, simply by allowing them some choice in what they are working on, what the end product looks like, and the audience for which they are developing the project.
Additionally, do these projects incorporate a team element where each member of the team plays a critical role in the completion of the project? This is another simple shift we can make in classrooms today to make sure that work students do is, at times, reliant upon the work of others.
Fostering Creativity and Enhancing Communication
It is important to know that our focus in education on the four c's (creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking) are skills in high demand by employers. It was continually reiterated that innovative, outside-the-box thinking was the most important valued thinking on many projects in the tech industry. We may often think of creativity as an arts-focused endeavor, and in a way that applies here. More essential, though, was the ability to take a tool, a programming language, an unrelated concept, and piece it all together in new, creative ways. Several SafeNet representatives talked about experiences where they had a limited knowledge base on the team, yet they were able to rethink how what they had could be utilized differently for a new purpose. This mental agility is something we can begin to develop in our students regardless of the age level or content we teach.
Clear, succinct, and ongoing communication is just as critical. Remember, most of the SafeNet employees we met said their consultants worked in teams, and they worked directly for clients. This means they have to be good at communicating: they have to listen closely, understand the clients needs, and ask questions to clarify. They have to engage in impromptu dialogue, read non-verbal cues, and anticipate needs and potential roadblocks. This is done verbally and in writing. And it is done daily with a wide variety of stakeholders, team members, and project managers.
If this does not fit your traditional vision of a programmer, that is because the technology industry has changed. While there are definitely many times when coders have to intensely work independently to write eye-blurring lines of detailed code, that is not the singular quality required of a programmer. They have to communicate with teams and clients regularly in order to be successful. And these are skills all educators can help to builds in any content area or age level.
Independent Work, Reliability, and Accepting Feedback Still Matter
One of the other keys that the team shared with us is that much of the work that successful employees in technology need to do is complete work that is done independently, on time, and under budget. While teamwork is important, many projects in the technology industry are broken into smaller components that individuals take on alone within an allotted time period. This is called AGILE development. There are other formulas for completing large project work, but the concept remains similar: take a big project, break it into smaller, more digestible chunks, develop, and then bring the work back to the team for feedback/critique.
Often there is a project lead who will give direction. Students need to take that direction and run with it. They will then need to take responsibility for their portion of the project, complete it independently, often within a window of one to two weeks, and then come back to the larger team with the completed work and present it to the team. At that time the team offers collective feedback about the direction of their individual work, assesses how it will fit into the larger app/program/tool they are building, and then the process begins again with the next part of the project.
This feedback loop is an iterative process that requires independence, flexibility, and a willingness to fail fast and fail forward. Being "done" with the assigned portion of the project doesn't really exist until the project is turned over to the customer in its completed state. There are ongoing changes and tweaks to all code written throughout the development of the tool, and thus students have to learn to take constructive feedback in step if they want to be successful within the technology industry. While these may seem like skills we have been developing in students forever in schools, the underlying question for me is clear: Do the students enjoy the work they are doing enough to put the effort in to create something worth discussing with somebody else? And are they passionate enough about the work they are doing to want to improve it once they receive feedback? If those elements are missing, it is hard to teach them to iterate and continually improve their school work, yet those are the skills that were identified as necessary to a successful career in the tech industry.
Most Jobs Will Adopt the Tech Model
While our focus at SafeNet was talking about jobs in the technology industry, it is clear that technology has impacted nearly all business sectors. Technology will continue to evolve, spread, and root itself into more business models moving forward. According to code.org, we know that we already are not producing enough students to fill the technology and computer science jobs available in Wisconsin. Add to that the spread of technology focused jobs in more businesses, even if they are not jobs requiring deeper, language-based coding, and you have a scenario where many of our students would strongly benefit from having opportunities in school to build skill sets that allow them to feel confident enough to step forward and apply for jobs requiring them to engage with technology at levels beyond just knowing how to work with software and change basic user settings.
Whether we are ready or not to teach many of these skills to students, our kids will require them as they enter the world of work. The good news is many of these skills are within most educators wheelhouse to teach, if we are willing to make changes to shift to a more project based, collaboratively focused model of instruction.
Setting the table for technology adoption
Technology coaches all know that heading back to school begins a bustling period of activity as we work to support the technology needs of students and teachers. Classrooms that have been dismantled for summer cleaning are wrought with disconnected or misconnected cables, misplaced remotes and adapters, and accompany high anxiety as teachers attempt to get up and running with technology on the first few days of school. Obviously this is not the high leverage instructional work that tech coaches aim for when working with teachers; setting up technology is simply a necessary evil to truly begin to use the medium in which we help to shape teaching and learning.
For me, this year feels different, though. While plugging in cables and re-connecting cords is a staple of the work, my first few weeks have been filled with really meaningful connections with teachers asking for support in practices that climb to the highest reaches of the SAMR framework. Teachers are asking me to support them as they try to use technology to record student goal setting, offer students immediate feedback, track and utilize formative data from teacher/student conferences, and having students create to showcase their understanding. It feels as if we have somehow turned the corner as an organization and are finally at a point where the question isn't, "What's possible with technology?", but instead is "How do I make my vision reality using technology?"
While it is hard to pinpoint what the secret ingredients are to begin to make the shift that I am seeing in my district, there are a few key items that we have employed in our district that play a critical role.
Teachers Empowered to Self-Manage Technology
Our teachers update their own technology. They install their own software. They maintain their devices and troubleshoot many of their own problems (with the support of our help desk when necessary). We have created an environment of self-sufficiency for our staff, and in doing so, we have empowered teachers to be self-starters, taking ownership of their essential tools, rather than viewing them as the district's responsibility.
Reliable and Ubiquitous Technology
Our Technology Director once stated, "Wireless internet access should be as reliable for students and teachers as electricity. When we turn on the lights, we are only surprised when they do not illuminate. The same should be true of our digital tools." He has delivered on that promise in many ways throughout our district, and in turn teachers who may have otherwise avoided technology because it is "unreliable" have overcome a major barrier to technology adoption. Further, it does not matter where you are located within our system. The technology is present, supported, and consistent. Learning how to AirPlay in one location on one network is a skill that our teachers can transfer to any location in our district. Apps available in one building are available in a building they transfer to the next year. This creates a sense of stability and reliability that urges use of these tools.
Consistency of Tools
Holding back the swell of new tools and updates in the world of instructional tech is a weighty and sometimes overwhelming proposition. We have worked diligently to do exactly that, choosing a few high quality (and somewhat costly) tools over a plethora of free or free-for-now type tools that are all abuzz across social networks. The payoff has been a toolset that staff members continually hear of, learn about, and see in action. The consistent messaging around and availability of these tools has offered teachers and students an opportunity to use the tools meaningfully, to get better in their use of the tools, and to apply the tool in new situations for new purposes. The self-discipline it has taken our team to not jump every time we have heard about an impressive new tool is hard to imagine. We get as excited by these tools as every other tech geek, but knowing that consistency is the key to helping teachers achieve their instructional goals makes it easy to say, "Let's hold off on that one for now."
SAMR as a Framework
While Instructional Tech experts can get buried deep in the weeds of frameworks and terminology, the reality is that many educators struggle to develop a consistent vision of how technology can be used most meaningfully and effectively in their classrooms. In our district we have promoted understanding of the SAMR framework with our teachers and leaders. We have done so to provide a common, easy-to-grasp language that helps all educators to define when technology is used well to support learning, and to encourage conversations and questions when it is not being used well. The SAMR framework has empowered district and building leaders, who may not always feel confident in their ability to utilize the wide variety of technology they see in a day, to ask instructionally focused questions (with the support of the SAMR framework as a guide) to determine if the tool is supporting the instructional mission and goal. Having that framework evens the playing field for all educators and re-centers the conversation on the teaching and learning, not on the tool being used. I am hearing more talk about the SAMR framework organically this year than I could have ever imagined. That is an indication that educators in our system are finding it a valuable tool for talking about what we are doing with tech, and that is exciting and powerful!
Availability of Support
Support is essential to growth, but it is also expensive. No district ever says, "I think we have too many people supporting this work." However, plenty say, "We do not have enough support, but we don't have the financial means to add more support." While more people may be desirable, improving the support that is available is the only immediate solution. The addition of a truly positive, supportive and compassionate Help Desk attendant was a game changer in our district. The re-districting of the support team that we did have to balance school numbers and staff sizes was a necessary shift. Incorporating tools like Google Chat, Google Hangouts, and Autocrat for speedy automated responses has provided a sense of immediacy to requests when they do come in. We have not been able to grow our support team, but the data we collect in our district suggests that people feel more supported when they use technology. This correlates directly with our intentional decision to improve the support we do offer to staff. And feeling supported is the first step to removing barriers to risk taking for staff members who are nervous to give new tools a try.
None of these things on their own were silver bullet solutions to the challenges of technology adoption in the classroom. More honestly, these were slow changes that we intentionally engaged in and supported as a team. Consistency was the larger key, though. These were core beliefs of the technology and coaching teams, and as such we have not wavered in these key tenets. Over time, and with consistency, these are the types of actions that have shifted beliefs, culture, and practice in our district, setting the table for meaningful technology adoption by staff members and students.
Going Public: Yes, people are eager to read and view!
It was not long ago that the only way anybody would know about the powerful, amazing, creative work happening in our classrooms was if they would physically talk to us. While face-to-face connections are powerful, the ideas shared in those conversations only spread as far as the humans wish to take them.
Many of us have at least signed up for a social network like Google+ or Twitter, but are we really leveraging it to share our work, our students thinking, and our classrooms with the world? Should we be?
A few weeks ago I spoke with a parent that was very impressed with one of the videos she found on an SDW teacher's YouTube channel. "It is so nice to see what is happening in the classroom." As a parent myself, it feels like the events of my children's school days are somewhat of a mystery -- 8 hours of school summed up into a ten minute conversation hardly seems to cover the scope of what they experienced throughout the day. Parents are looking for some insight into what their children experience each day and the important work they are doing. Using these social networks and media outlets to share what is happening in our classroom is just one way we can offer parents a chance to investigate the great things that are happening instructionally.
Equally true, educators are scouring these social networks for ideas and examples of what is being done in other classrooms. I regularly search the archives of Google+ to see how we, as educators, are "going public" with our thinking, using the tools placed in our hands, and giving our students a voice that can be shared with the world. This was one of the great focal points of our summer institute work surrounding literacy -- giving students an authentic audience to share their thinking (making it visible). Like it or not, we carry this responsibility. Our students have plenty of opportunities to share "socially" with the world in informal settings online. This is our chance to show them how to productively use these media outlets to share academically, professionally, formally, and respectfully in order to make a difference!
Finding a new, authentic audience is not as time consuming as it once was -- we no longer have to gather an audience of parents or community/business leaders in advance, or make connections with teachers from across the country weeks before the unit of study.
These social networks are bringing an audience right to us. The devices in our hands, available in our classrooms, are built specifically with the intent of sharing with these audiences.
The question is not about who will read our thinking or view our students' work.
More importantly the question is: What will you and your students share? How will you "Go Public" with your thinking?
I Am Tech Fluent. Are You?
In his last post on Getting Tech Into Ed, Dale asked readers when we can stop treating technology like it is an add-on to our work as educators. The point is well made and has caused me to reflect on why this "tech first" mindset dominates the conversation when we talk about innovation and new instructional practices.
My experience as a student learning Spanish fits well here. I took four years of Spanish in high school. I even spent two weeks in Mexico surrounded by native Spanish speakers. Yet, when I arrived to college and realized I had to take Spanish to earn my teaching degree, I freaked out. I knew very well that I could not understand, speak, read, or write Spanish. I bombed my introductory Spanish class and narrowly escaped my summer re-take of the exact same course. (This, by the way, is NOT reflective of my academic story in any other coursework I completed.)
How is it that I could have invested that much time into learning a language and yet walked away with nothing more than a dwarfed vocabulary of random words and a few notable catch phrases that I probably am not using in the appropriate context?
The reality is I was not striving to become fluent in Spanish. My goal was simply to pass; to jump through the hoops to get to my goal of going on a trip, graduating, and earning a degree. The Spanish coursework was simply a stepping stone to where I wanted to be, not an opportunity to learn a second language, grow culturally, and open an avenue for communicating with a whole world of people who speak a language other than English.
Something in the answer to this question ties closely to my thoughts on why so many educators struggle to move beyond the view of technology as an add-on to educating students.
Learning to utilize technology for any purpose, including for instructional use, can be a lot like that learning a foreign langague. In our district we spend a significant amount of time sharing the SAMR Framework with our teachers. We celebrate movement and growth as it relates to the use of technology to push innovative instructional practice in the classroom. However, the use of technology for the sake of using technology (categorized as Substitution in SAMR) is not a practice or mindset we encourage teachers to commit to long-term. Using technology to do things you could very well do without technology is a necessary first step, a place where the journey to more meaningful uses of technology begins. (Kind of like learning to say things to friends in Spanish that I could just as easily say to them in our native language wasn't the real purpose for learning the language.)
It is in the Substitution and early Augmentation phases where users become increasingly "tech fluent." They start building basic vocabulary, exploring the structure of software and apps, developing confidence, finding some minor successes, and asking questions about what is possible. They begin to learn lessons of what works and what to avoid when it comes to using technology. They begin to experience the early advantages of their commitment to become fluent in the language.
This stage of learning a new language or skill set is delicate. This is where patience, support, and guidance become so important. It is in these early stages where technology users can gain momentum or lose a sense of purpose entirely. This is the point where we can help people to see that once they become proficient in their use of technology (as well as their willingness to take risks and try new practices), the possibilities are boundless for them and their students. It is also the point where we can allow them to flounder, lose focus, and begin to view the use of technology as just another way to do what they have always done.
In this light, I acknowledge that my acquisition of a second language has been stunted in Substitution for well over a decade. By this point in my journey I should be fluently conversing with parents and students in my district who are English Language Learners. I should be confidently planning trips to Spanish speaking nations with little concern about a language barrier. I am not doing this today, though, because I did not commit to meaningfully learning the basics so that I could access the full advantages of being fluent.
In a world where technology has impacted every facet of life, where opportunity and possibility have few limits for those who are fluent in the use of technology, and where the use of technology is flooding academic institutions and experiences across the world, what will your story of "tech fluency" be in just a few years? If you invest the time to learn to meaningfully use the technology today, what possibilities will exist for you and your students once you have "learned the language?" It is worth the investment of time and energy today, but not for the purpose of jumping through hoops or fulfilling PD requirements. Instead, make the investment because you and your students deserve to have all of the amazing educational opportunities that exist (both with and without the use of technology).
In making this commitment, find supportive people who will aid you in your journey. If you do, I guarantee that in relatively short order you will become "tech fluent" and you will be able to see well beyond the technology. You will instead start focusing entirely on what matters and what we all care most about: student learning!
Quick Turn Around: Already Reaping Key Benefits of Attending Google Summit
We were fortunate to send a team of 30 educators from across Waukesha to the Google Midwest Summit 2013. This talented group, made up of educators and coordinators from across the district, was nominated by building administrators to make the trip.
As always, aside from finding inspiration and adding some new tools to our bag of tricks, the focus is about bringing the message and learning of the power of these tools back to our colleagues and students in Waukesha. We are so pleased to see this happening already, and we wanted to highlight the headway these attendees have made in the week that they have been back since the conference took place.
- Using the YouTube editor, one attendee was able to capture a magical moment as one of our students with unique challenges at the elementary level demonstrated incredible growth since her teachers began working with her in fall. Through the use of the YouTube editor (learned about at the conference), the teacher was able to pinpoint key moments during the student's performance that highlighted each learning target (something that could easily be overlooked without the context)
- Inspired by the wealth of digital tools that are available and the necessity to simply put the information learned at the conference to use, one teacher/attendee is making a commitment to attempting the use of Blackboard in several classes as a means of getting started. This is a risk that the teacher has embraced because of inspiration gained from networking with other motivated educators at the Summit.
- One teacher/attendee has already set up the first Google Hangout (utilizing Google+) to connect with colleagues across the district without having to schedule an after school meeting and spend time driving across town. The goal is to gain greater efficiency while staying connected.
- Using the Google+ social network, one attendee has set up a Google+ community at his school and is actively recruiting teachers in the building to join in order to have a common sharing/social place in which to share ideas, articles, resources, etc. As educators feel the constraints and demands of time, the use of a community like this maintains our connection with others, develops a platform in which we can share and collaboratively learn/reflect, and does so in a way that is asynchronous, meaning it is accessible to teachers when they are ready to digest the information available there.
- Several attendees are actively talking about how to share their gained knowledge at upcoming professional development dates to spread the wealth of inspiration and information to a much wider group of colleagues.
This in no way captures all of the momentum sparked by sending attendees to this and other conferences, but it gives us perspective on what becomes possible when people are inspired with new ideas and introduced to powerful tools! Remember, it has been literally less than a week since these folks have returned to the district.
We encourage you to connect with the representative from your building to pick their brain, hear more about the conference, and get inspired. However, they are not the only source of knowledge.
Resources for the entire conference, for nearly every session presented, are available here: https://sites.google.com/site/gapsmidwestsummit/2013-ses
We encourage you to take a look and dig in. These resources are a generous gift provided by the conference presenters to any instructor who may have wished to attend the Summit but were unable to.
Get Connected -- It's Connected Educator Month!
For as many people as a teacher comes into contact with during the day, anybody who has been in the classroom knows that teachers can often feel very isolated from other professionals.
Much of it has to do with the physical design of our school buildings. Much to do with the logistical design of our school day. Part of it is that so much of our day is spent with and preparing for our students that little time (or energy) is left to connect with other adults in meaningful ways.
Where to Start?
So go on -- give it a whirl, make a personal commitment, and see if you can get connected this month.