Hot Off The Presses
Everything we do in life (for the most part) has a reason or justification behind it, and starting E-Office Hours was no exception. In a perfect world I would spend all my time working 100% on our products, but sometimes I have to switch roles and do a little marketing. Part of that job requires that I scour the Internet in search of articles and news about developments in our market (i.e. educational technology), and in part continue to remind myself of our "reason". One of my colleagues came across a very fascinating article today.
Apparently Michigan is now requiring that all graduating high school seniors take at least one online course before graduating (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060423-6657.html). This presents several interesting problems, the most obvious of which being budget. I recently met with a local educator, who told me that grant money for technology and funding in general is starting to dry up. So the question becomes, how can schools afford such initiatives. The obvious answer is E-Office Hours! Articles and news like this is in a way what drives us to get our message out there that there is a real option available.
I think understanding the need is the best way to serve our clients, so if anyone has a story they would like to share about budget cuts, or general frustration with trying to fund a technology initiative, please feel free to post a comment. Who knows, we may be able to do something to help!
Cheers, Dan
Everything we do in life (for the most part) has a reason or justification behind it, and starting E-Office Hours was no exception. In a perfect world I would spend all my time working 100% on our products, but sometimes I have to switch roles and do a little marketing. Part of that job requires that I scour the Internet in search of articles and news about developments in our market (i.e. educational technology), and in part continue to remind myself of our "reason". One of my colleagues came across a very fascinating article today.
Apparently Michigan is now requiring that all graduating high school seniors take at least one online course before graduating (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060423-6657.html). This presents several interesting problems, the most obvious of which being budget. I recently met with a local educator, who told me that grant money for technology and funding in general is starting to dry up. So the question becomes, how can schools afford such initiatives. The obvious answer is E-Office Hours! Articles and news like this is in a way what drives us to get our message out there that there is a real option available.
I think understanding the need is the best way to serve our clients, so if anyone has a story they would like to share about budget cuts, or general frustration with trying to fund a technology initiative, please feel free to post a comment. Who knows, we may be able to do something to help!
Cheers, Dan
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