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Look Who’s Talking
Jul 6
It seems that education technology is really at an interesting stage in its development. What you have is a huge market of students around the world that are really under-served when it comes to technology in the school, but are saturated with technology everywhere else (think Xbox, smart phones, iPads, Facebook etc.). This fact combined [...]
Have you ever wondered why so many students fail to graduate? In today’s unsteady economy it would seem that people would more than ever want to stick with getting a degree. The following research (sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation) has analyzed some of the reasons. I have to admit that I believed [...]
I recently discovered the Kairos Society through the Young Entrepreneur Blog (a great blog BTW). The group really impressed me. Here’s what they say about themselves: The Kairos Society is an international, student-run, not-for-profit foundation based in the United States. Kairos brings together top students from around the world in an effort to foster the next [...]
I’m always interested in reading about educators who are trying to make a difference. I read a lot of blogs that teachers write, but I had never seen a principal with a blog until I discovered The Principal of Change by George Couros. George is a principal at a school in Stony Plain, Alberta. What’s [...]
This case study is an example of how a teacher can make a virtual classroom a powerful tool for learning, collaborating and yes even fun. In this case study I’m going to show a small sub-section of what a teacher & students can do in an ETG virtual classroom using one assignment as an example. [...]
My suspicions were recently confirmed in a very comprehensive report from the INNOSIGHT Institute. The report, which you can read on our blog below, outlines the growth of blended learning over the past ten years. What’s blended learning you ask? Here’s a definition they offer; “Blended learning is anytime a student learns in part at [...]
Yesterday I had the privilege of being interviewed by Dave Thackeray of Inspiradio. His show focuses on inspiring stories from entrepreneurs and anyone really doing something to make a difference. You can listen to the show on the net or download it via iTunes (for free). We discussed the origins of Enterthegroup.com and how it can [...]
Learning new things everyday is one of the fun things about being involved with Enterthegroup.com. I had never heard of a cloud-computing academy until I met Conor (an ETG user). He has some interesting and ambitious goals that I think everyone involved in education would be interested to discover and add their thoughts. I’ll let [...]
Why Commit to What you Want?
Apr 29
Today’s post is a guest blog post from my friend and ETG user Christina Ciani. She just wrote a book called “F Bombs 4 Single Moms” which is a really upbeat and enthusiastic (like her) approach to single motherhood. You can download the book online and you should also subscribe to her blog which is fun. Without [...]
There’s nothing wrong with wanting the best from life, whether it be a top paying job, a perfect GPA or a massively successful business. What happens when we expect too much from ourselves though? In other words, if we set the bar so high that we accept nothing but incredible success aren’t we setting ourselves [...]
I’ve been contacted a few times with questions and comments about how parents can and should be involved in their kid’s studies. Parents and teachers have asked; Can parents keep track of their student’s workload using ETG? The answer is a definite YES. The issue is that some students aren’t very organized and need additional [...]
Do you know what it takes to get an idea to stick? In part 1 of this series I discussed the first 3 of 6 critical elements that Chip and Dan Heath mentioned in their book Made to Stick. To recap, they state that viral and long lasting ideas have common elements. Irregardless of where, [...]
I just started reading the book Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath which is about why some ideas take off and others don’t. It’s actually blowing me away. The thought of making an idea stick is not just for advertising people but it should be on the minds of anyone trying to get [...]
Exciting Enhancements
Apr 4
You may noticed that there have been some big changes to the site in the past few weeks. We have been working hard to make the site easier to navigate and for people to collaborate. I’ve been motivated by Mark Suster’s blog and in particular this post which strongly suggests that startup companies should blog [...]
I suppose I expect a lot from the CEO’s of large corporations (especially successful and innovative ones). I expect them to be very intelligent, great evangelists for their products and along with that great public speakers. Just for fun I thought I would examine the public speaking skills of two of the most well known [...]
How to Deal with Slackers
Mar 22
Ok first of all I’m going to tell you that I watch Celebrity Apprentice (don’t judge me!). Second of all I’m going to tell you that while the show is a farce there are many interesting groupdynamics that come up every week. Case in point, last week the teams had to build a showcase for [...]
I sometimes fall into this rut of doing the same thing everyday and finding that time slips by. This leads to feelings of boredom and just a general lack of drive. One solution that I come back to time and again is re-visiting my vision for my life and work (notice I said life before [...]
I was thinking recently that getting people to change their behaviour is very difficult. This is especially true the longer we have been doing the same thing over and over. Breaking routines, even sub-optimal ones (which waste time & energy) is hard to do. So if someone comes up to you and says, “Will you [...]
I’m not sure how I discovered Pando Projects (maybe it was the countless hours of net surfing I do), but I was intrigued by the idea of an organization which helps people establish their own charitable initiatives. I was also intrigued by the founder, Milena Arciszewski. She’s a lovely young lady who left a career [...]
