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Edu-Preneurship Virtual Chat w/ Pepperdine University – Graduate School of Education and Psychology’s Doctor of Education – Learning Technologies

2/8/2015

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to visit with my Pepperdine University – Graduate School of Education and Psychology’s Doctor of Education – Learning Technologies friends (family) regarding for and non-profit Edu-Preneurship (Education/Learning Technologies Entrepreneurship) for community capacity building. The main topics include corporation development basics, Federal certifications and contracting, and work-life balance themes.

Many thanks to Colleen Brazill-Murray for the kind speaking invite, Alex Sedique for the video creation and flier, Character First (OKC, OK) for the meeting space, and the Pepperdine’s Ed.D-Learning Tech Program (Linda Polin- Program Co-Founder/Chair) for providing me with a launch pad to support this effort… You can download the video recording here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fctr…/J-Conference%20copy%202.mov…

Here are a few of my recent, related Edu-Preneurship publications:

Jensen, C.C. (Sept. 2014). Urban education and economics. Houston, TX: National Blacks in Technology Leadership Organization’s Annual Conference.

Half, J., Jensen, C.C., & Levy, R. (May, 2014). Community Partner Spotlight – MOUSE Squad of California (MSCA). Center for Non-Profit and Public Leadership – Social Impact Haas, University of California – Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Retrieved from: http://impactmba.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/community-partner-spotlight-mouse-squad-of-california-msca/

Jensen, C.C. (Feb.-Mar., 2014). “Career Tracks: Educational Entrepreneur”. Pi Lambda Theta (A Phi Delta Kappan subsidiary): Educational Horizons Magazine, 92. Retrieved from http:// pilambda.org/horizons/career-tracks-educational-entrepreneur/

Jensen, C.C. & Paul, V. (March, 2014). A social media toolkit for women’s work-life balance. Presented at Women in Leadership: Work-Life Balance Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA: Pepperdine University.

Jensen, C.C. (Feb. 2014). Career Tracks: Educational Entrepreneur. Pi Lambda Theta (A Phi Delta Kappan subsidiary): Educational Horizons Magazine, Volume 92. Retrieved from http://pilambda.org/horizons/career-tracks-educational-entrepreneur

Jensen, C.C. (Jan. 2014). Technology to empower social entrepreneurship and change. Presented for M.A.- Social Entrepreneurship and Change – SEC 630: Creating a Compelling Vision. Los Angeles, CA: Pepperdine University.

Women In Leadership: Work-Life Balance Registration and Presentation – Join Us!

2/8/2015

Please join Dr. Valeri Paul and me for the third annual academic conference, Women In Leadership: Work-Life Balance, takes place March 19-20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. We will be presenting our session, Social Media/Technology Toolkit for Virtual Mentoring/Apprenticeship to Empower Women’s Leadership and Work-Life Balance. “The conference engages scholars and business professionals from all sectors to share their wisdom that will impact the future for themselves and the next generation of women and men.” I just registered here (and so can you): http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/…/women-in-leadership/conference/

Crystal’s Recent Educational Horizons: Career Tracks – Educational Entrepreneur Article Printed Edition

3/12/2014

I finally got the printed copies of my recent (Feb. ’14) Edu-Preneurship articles… A better scan to follow soon. #sobusy. Enjoy…

So, What are Indigenous Research Methods?

3/1/2014

Spent last night working on an in-depth, publishable review of a new culturally-responsive research methods book (significant Indigenous research methods component) that I am co-writing with another newly minted Dr. (she’s a Ph.D. out of A.S.U via U.C. Davis). I absolutely loved this book and read every word in one day. I must say that after very recently having a colleague ask me in a perplexed state, “What are Indigenous research methods?”, I am so pleased to have co-authored this review. Considering that a significant number of our global population operate off Indigenous thought/cultural systems, it might behoove (for numerous mutually beneficial reasons) our thought leaders to seek to understand and respond to their distinct Indigenous Peoples (even in urban settings) affordances.

E-Pub’ing the Chapter 5

3/1/2014

Now that I am back in writer mode, our benevolent universe decided to gift me with a wonderful online epub’er. This is a huge gift since I’ve spent many hours looking for the perfect option, to no avail, in the past. So, I’ve spent the a portion of the morning uploading my dissertation chapter 5, “Native American women leaders utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for work-life balance” to this great service (more later). I am still debating whether or not to send my article to a refereed/peer-reviewed journal because I have serious questions about these journals overall benefit to society. Since my work is unique (nationally/globally) and cannot be replicated, I am not concerned about being the first to pub. and am really taking my time to determine the best path to sharing “my” creation and my participants sacred stories for the greater good. In the meantime, those of you who know me well, will appreciate how much I love the fact that this service offers a write in *stealth mode* option!

Reading/Writing Academic Literature OWL-Purdue Video

2/24/2014

While I was prepping for my Reading/Writing Academic Literature class, I just found this great video summary of the unique scholarly writing affordances that should be helpful to many friends/colleagues: OWL Purdue's Writing for Audiences in US Academic Settings

Teachers Rock – That’s All

2/23/2014

After a whirlwind visit to the City of Angels (LA) to attend my Pepperdine Alumni Leadership Council Winter Session meeting (more later) last Friday, 2/21, I was welcomed back in the Bay Area with these two wonderful messages from my Touro University Master’s of Ed. Innovative Learning students:

I am especially grateful that our class went well since I landed at LAX at 4pm. I then rushed to pick up my car rental and then to Pepperdine to get online to meet my students by 7:30pm. The students were amazing and it was one of my best classes ever. Kip Glazer, a second year Pepperdine Doctor of Learning Technologies student, is a friend and I am very happy that my students are citing her work! I am also beyond grateful that my students are appreciating our time together.

Although, I have and will likely continue to have my feet in numerous professional “worlds”, I have always known that I was meant to be a teacher and cherish my huge community of teacher friends and family. While I hope to be a successful entrepreneur and researcher, I will always place supreme importance on being a good teacher/facilitator.

Passion + Engagement = The Beginning of Everything!

2/16/2014

I just spent the last 3 hours on email..!. My little INTJ self, who historically doesn’t like to talk on the phone and “mingle”, is now (have been) responsible for communicating with key P-16 stakeholders throughout CA re: STE(A)M integration. I find it a bit of a cosmic joke that I have to do something I’d rather not for something that I am very passionate about. The funny part is that I am actually loving all of the interaction with great new friends, while expanding my already wonderful community on-line and in-person. #universe+3 #evolve #neversaynever

Recent ACM-Women News!!

2/16/2014

ACM-W Connections February, 2014
View the full ACM-W Connection at (http://women.acm.org/ACM-W-Connections-2014-02)

Table of contents:
Welcome from the ACM-W Chair
Who should join ACM-W and why?
– By Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair
News from our Contributors:
· Ask Judy (http://women.acm.org/sites/Newsletters/2014-02-AskJudy-ACMW-Connections.pdf )
News from ACM-W India:
· Talks by Women IT Professionals
· ACM-W Indian Annual Event (http://india.acm.org)
· ACM India Annual Event Reminder
Announcements:
· Applications for the 2nd annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) are being accepted through February 28th. The HLF is an annual gathering of Abel, Fields and Turing Laureates in Heidelberg, Germany. Young researchers (undergraduate, graduate, or post-doc) in the field of mathematics or computer science are invited to apply. http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/call-for-application/.
· Registrations open for the ACM India Annual Event being held in February 2014. The ACM-W event is scheduled on Friday, Feb 14. An exciting line-up of speakers which includes Radia Perlman, Dave Patterson, Shafi Goldwasser and other eminent speakers. More details are available at ACM India website http://india.acm.org/
· Upcoming conferences:
o CCWiC, the first Caribbean Celebration of Women in Computing, Feb. 26-27, 2014
· Upcoming deadlines:
o scholarship application, Feb. 15. 2014
Would you like to contribute an article to the ACM-W Newsletter? With a distribution list reaching thousands of ACM-W members, contributing to the newsletter is a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and information across a wide audience. Submit a proposal for an article here. More: http://women.acm.org/ACM-W-Connections-2014-02

Crystal + Gettin’ “Schooled”

2/13/2014

San Francisco Bay Area, CA: February 12, 2014: Current Scoreboard= Universe +2 (since yesterday), Crystal +Gettin’ “Schooled” …

After a good lesson by Beth yesterday that I chose the right life path to becoming a classically trained, innovative-tech educator (oxymoron?), I woke up this morning to the email above reminding me that I have ultimately chosen the Edu-prenuer path (a hybrid of education and entrepreneurship/business for the greater good). When you click on the link: www.edhorizons.org of the first picture (actual email), our article, “Edu-prenuership for the Greater Good” is the top link, “Career Tracks Educational Entrepreneur” of the second picture. #grateful #humbled