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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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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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A Principal of Change – An Interview with George Couros

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 [...]

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Want to Help Your Corner of the World? Call Milena, She’ll Set You Up

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 [...]

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Don’t Want to Go to College? Maybe Try UnCollege – You’ll be amazed

Mark Twain once said “I have never let school interfere with my education.” and this is the motto of UnCollege, a new movement to redefine what and how we learn. The movement is spearheaded by nineteen year old Dale Stephens and its goal is to create a learning program where students will be ‘self-learners’. In [...]

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Meet Shai Reshef – He Wants to Make University Free!

I discovered the University of the People a couple of months ago and right away its mission really intrigued me. The concept is both simple and revolutionary – to create a university which is tuition free. In today’s world of rising education costs and student debt escalating out of control, this seemed like an alternative [...]

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