Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Frontline World Assignment
Research Tools
These resources are referenced in the assignment below. You can get a paper copy of the forms from the reference librarians at COA. Steve Gerstle developed the research guide for this assignment. I will have paper copies on hand also. If you miss class check the bin outside my office.
Visit http://alameda.peralta.edu/projects/20013/EnglishSabirpathfinder.doc
http://alameda.peralta.edu/projects/20013/EvalWebWksht.doc for the assignment: Evaluating a web page.
Other resources
http://alameda.peralta.edu/Projects/20013/researchsteps.pdf
Exercises due by Friday, April 18:
Students need to watch minimally 3 segments and write a response and post it here on the social entrepreneurs profiled in Frontline World. Talk about the business the person developed. What problem they sought to address and what both the community and the social entrepreneur gained. These exercises need to be completed before Friday, April 18. On "Frontline: World," I saw a program about a micro-lending organization called KIVA where lenders who want to help small businesses in Uganda can make small loans on-line. Now KIVA is all over the world. All loans have been paid back 100 percent. Visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda601/video_index.html to see the video.
Here is a link from this site to other entrepreneurs. Choose one's that interest you: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html
The organization is in San Francisco. There is a link to other Frontline programs about Social Entrepreneurs. Watch this program and over the week, watch two others. Respond to the following questions: What is a social entrepreneur? What problem did the person profiled identify? What is the name of the organization they started? Describe their relationship to the community they serve. Why did they decide to address this issue? What is the local component? How does the community own the process?
Even though the SE is from the business world, watching these programs will help you understand what is meant by social entrepreneur.
You need to define "social," "entrepreneur," and "philanthropy." This should be a part of your introduction to the essay due at the end of the month. We’ll watch one of these Frontline World segments in class April 3 in the Writing Center.
These resources are referenced in the assignment below. You can get a paper copy of the forms from the reference librarians at COA. Steve Gerstle developed the research guide for this assignment. I will have paper copies on hand also. If you miss class check the bin outside my office.
Visit http://alameda.peralta.edu/projects/20013/EnglishSabirpathfinder.doc
http://alameda.peralta.edu/projects/20013/EvalWebWksht.doc for the assignment: Evaluating a web page.
Other resources
http://alameda.peralta.edu/Projects/20013/researchsteps.pdf
Exercises due by Friday, April 18:
Students need to watch minimally 3 segments and write a response and post it here on the social entrepreneurs profiled in Frontline World. Talk about the business the person developed. What problem they sought to address and what both the community and the social entrepreneur gained. These exercises need to be completed before Friday, April 18. On "Frontline: World," I saw a program about a micro-lending organization called KIVA where lenders who want to help small businesses in Uganda can make small loans on-line. Now KIVA is all over the world. All loans have been paid back 100 percent. Visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda601/video_index.html to see the video.
Here is a link from this site to other entrepreneurs. Choose one's that interest you: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html
The organization is in San Francisco. There is a link to other Frontline programs about Social Entrepreneurs. Watch this program and over the week, watch two others. Respond to the following questions: What is a social entrepreneur? What problem did the person profiled identify? What is the name of the organization they started? Describe their relationship to the community they serve. Why did they decide to address this issue? What is the local component? How does the community own the process?
Even though the SE is from the business world, watching these programs will help you understand what is meant by social entrepreneur.
You need to define "social," "entrepreneur," and "philanthropy." This should be a part of your introduction to the essay due at the end of the month. We’ll watch one of these Frontline World segments in class April 3 in the Writing Center.
