S. Penderel's Page

From your blog it is difficult to understand what exactly your company is doing and how that differs from other on-line tutoring and learning support systems. Is yours a "train the teacher", or the "principal" or the "parent, donor, business leader, governor" type of system? These are the adults who need to be using the ideas shared on-line, in concert with each other, to reach kids who are not currently being inspired and motivated to take an active role in their own learning and career development.

If you're aiming at this audience,that would be a plus for the work I'm focused on.

Visit the links section at http://www.tutormentorconnection.org and you'll find many sites pointing to web programs to enhance learning. You'll also find links to some groups trying to make technology more accessible.

What you won't find is enough people trying to help build a network of trained people who can facilitate the uses of these technologies or learning programs or places in inner city neighborhoods where they might connect with kids.

If these issues can be overcome, kids will begin to blossom as a result of the combination of technology, web applications and mentoring.

If we can get more people in education thinking as marketers, they might make more progress with learning.

Hi Spender,

I lead the Tutor/Mentor Connection, based in Chicago. I encourage you to take a look and use this resource in your masters work. If teachers learn to treat students and parents as customers, the can revolutionize education. That's a message I heard the Chairman of Motorola give a bunch of teachers several years ago. We're in the learning distribution business and your MBA will be useful.