Not Another Pateron Website

Pateron membership websites can be wonderful ways to provide information or services to subscribers and provided income to the creators. I pay a modest $6 monthly to receive detailed learning technology videos each much. I am grateful for what I have learned and happy to support his globe-trotting ministry of teaching how to use technology for improving learning.

Another content creator has an amazing array of membership benefits depending upon the monthly fee. Those range from five to fifty dollars a month. From each subscriber. I have no argument with what the content creator does and charges. The person and the production team need the revenue to produce an amazing experience.

I thought that maybe adding a Pateron program to this website might be another way to share what I am learning with others. The current website can be a confusing collection of everything that I have learned, published, and spoken. Maybe a Pateron program with differing levels of service could make it easier for interested educators. I could charge the minimum of one dollar each month rather than higher membership levels.

After thinking about it, I decided for not another Pateron website. While many of the technologies used in my work range from moderate to expensive, I can handle it for now. Blog postings can provide a free system to share short and long videos, new publication announcements, and sharing what I am learning.

I will also share a few personal stories along with way as well. My current crisis is helping my cat to recover from an infection that has reduced his appetite and subsequent loss of body weight. That can be deadly. I care about many things, including my roommate and companion. Currently, Red Robin (that’s his name), is sleeping on his cushion beside my computer monitor.

Well, that is enough for this posting. I will be also posting to X and my LinkedIn profile page. Feel free to share comments. That is a way that we can build an online community. Thanks for reading.

David Arendale

At the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, David Arendale served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction with the University of Minnesota and Manager for the Educational Opportunity Association Best Practices Clearinghouse. While he became an emeritus faculty member in May 2019, he continues his writing, research, public service, and public speaking. Arendale is devoting more time to use of social media such as websites, YouTube channels, podcasting, and Twitter to communicate in addition to publishing in print and on-line open access journals

http://arendale.org
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