Archive for June, 2011

The World of Education Technology: A Chat with Victor Rivero

Thanks for returning! I have a Facebook Fan page and Twitter account that you may be interested in too.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 [...]

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Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them – Myths and Realities About Student Dropouts

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 [...]

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Students Advancing Innovation – Meet the Kairos Society

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 [...]

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