{"id":1923,"date":"2011-03-25T13:22:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:59:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:59:23","slug":"make-the-world-a-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1923","title":{"rendered":"Make the World a Better Place!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/huge-ass-beer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1924\" title=\"huge ass beer\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/huge-ass-beer-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/huge-ass-beer-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/huge-ass-beer.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a>Feeling overwhelmed by unrest in the Middle East, the economic crisis, threats of nuclear annihilation, teacher layoffs, union-busting, the firing of the Aflac duck or potential for a President Donald Trump?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m here to spread the good news and tell you that there is something you can do to help yourself and return balance to a troubled planet. Yes, <em><strong>you<\/strong><\/em> my friend can take two minutes and vote for Gary Stager in a <a title=\"VOTE NOW!\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tech &amp; Learning Magazine poll!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never heard of <em>Tech &amp; Learning Magazine<\/em>? Nobody else has either. But, through the power of social media you can make a difference and help me win what many people refer to as the Nobel Prize for educational technology. I recently had the courage to write an article for this fantastic magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/eKDWkK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urging readers not to buy interactive whiteboards<\/a>, the magazine&#8217;s number one advertiser. Surely, that deserves my <a title=\"vote!\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vote<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>I need your <a title=\"VOTE!\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">help<\/a>! Heck, I&#8217;m not too proud to beg for your vote!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you care to learn more about me, check out this <a title=\"About Gary Stager\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vote<\/a>, please enter the following information or make up your own crackpot reasons for electing me.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gary Stager<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director: The Constructivist Consortium<\/p>\n<p>feedback2@stager.org<\/p>\n<p>Reasons for voting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pioneer in 1:1 computing &amp; online learning<\/li>\n<li>29 years of work in edtech<\/li>\n<li>Fearless<\/li>\n<li>Committed to creativity, computing and children<\/li>\n<li>Charming<\/li>\n<li>Using computers to amplify human potential<\/li>\n<li>Carries the torch for progressive education<\/li>\n<li>Gary creates unique learning experiences for teachers, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Constructing Modern Knowledge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The devil made me do it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If there&#8217;s anything social media teaches us, it is that we have entered an era of mob rule. No mob rules more than my <a title=\"Follow me on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/garystager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> followers and their several thousand friends!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fight truth to power! Stick it to the man! Waste a few more minutes online! Whatever you do, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VOTE FOR ME!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of a grateful nation, I humbly thank you for <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">your support!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f1KxIq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1925\" title=\"vote\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling overwhelmed by unrest in the Middle East, the economic crisis, threats of nuclear annihilation, teacher layoffs, union-busting, the firing of the Aflac duck or &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,435,428,526,436,462],"tags":[948],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-featured","category-general","category-leadership","category-news","category-web-20","tag-interactive-white-boards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Make the World a Better Place! 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