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Look Who’s Talking

Sal Pellettieri — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:50:08 +0000

We don’t have a huge budget for marketing so we rely on our users to spread the word. We’ve also been very fortunate in the past few months to have received mentions in a number of great education focused blogs. I wanted to showcase a bit of what has been written about us, not only...

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The World of Education Technology: A Chat with Victor Rivero

Sal Pellettieri — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:44:26 +0000

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,...

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

Sal Pellettieri — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:46:18 +0000

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...

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Students Advancing Innovation – Meet the Kairos Society

Sal Pellettieri — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:59:40 +0000

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...

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A Principal of Change – An Interview with George Couros

Sal Pellettieri — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:40:37 +0000

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....

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Developing Awesome Virtual Classrooms: A Case Study

Sal Pellettieri — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:52:46 +0000

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...

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The Rise of Blended Learning!

Sal Pellettieri — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:30:02 +0000

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;...

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My Interview on Inspi-Radio: The Inspiration for Enterthegroup.com

Sal Pellettieri — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:13:20 +0000

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...

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What’s a Community-Wide Cloud Computing Academy?

Sal Pellettieri — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:19:10 +0000

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...

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Why Commit to What you Want?

Sal Pellettieri — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:06:36 +0000

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...

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