Inside Computer Explorers

Sarah Worthy Seeks New and Innovative Ways to use Technology in order to Understand "Why?"She is the PR/Marketing Manager for SpaceUP Houston as well as the Project Manager and Lead Developer for Spacepoints. We first became aware of Sarah when she spoke at a recent TEDx event. Join us in our chat with Sarah. 

"Education is at the foundation of all that happens in this world, it determines decisions that people make, and therefore is the key to unlocking our civilization's true potential." -Adam WesAdam Wes is Founder, CEO and Lead instructor of Adam Wes Academics. A lifelong educational enthusiast, Adam earned a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Washington. In the last 4 years, Adam has personally tutored more than 5000 hours and his company, Adam Wes Academics, has tutored more than 1000 individual students. Operating in seven major cities across the country, Adam Wes has employed more than 250 exceptional tutors to assist him in his efforts.Join us as we discuss preparing your students for High School and College level Math and Science classes.  

The Holmes Education Post (THEP) is an education focused internet newspaper designed to publish weekly articles on education issues. To support public education, THEP also provides resources and publications on best practices to its readers.  Ronald W. Holmes is the author of Education Questions to be Answered, Current Issues and Answers in Education and President and Publisher of The Holmes Education Post (THEP), an education focused internet newspaper. He is National Superintendent of the National Save the Family Now Movement, Inc. (NSFNM). In addition, Dr. Holmes is Vice President and Education Editor of Live Communications, Inc. (Capital Outlook Newspaper and WTAL 1450 AM). He has earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, a ME.D. in Educational Administration & Supervision and a B.S. in Business Education from Florida A&M University. He also earned a ME.D. in Business Education from Bowling State University. He has proven success working as an educational leader from the elementary to the collegia

Cyndee Perkins our Director of Curriculum and Program Development is retiring after being with Computer Explorers for over 20 years.  We want to take this opportunity to talk with her about how Tech Ed and education in general has changed over time. 

Our Guest this week is Jason Fabbri of 19 Pencils. Jason is a seasoned Software Engineer and father of three from Roseville, California. After volunteering in his children's classrooms Jason realized that as hard as teachers work, they often seem to have difficulty discovering and managing web resources. Between the worn out web sites jotted on white boards and lost Post-It notes, too much time seemed to be wasted searching for the same things time and time again. There had to be a better way. Jason developed 19Pencils to provide a free, easy way for teachers to quickly search, save and share resources not just with their students but with their colleagues as well. As members of the free service save and add new resources, those resources become easily discoverable by other teachers effectively broadening a teachers PLN with other teachers from around the world. And with optional free student accounts teachers can even determine the frequency and popularity of their web resources as students access them. Over