Today’s guest blog comes from Student Inventor & Forbes 30 Under 30 Ann Makosinski. She is an acclaimed student inventor interested in alternative energy harvesting techniques and their applications in improving the life of people all over the world. She is best known for her invention; the Hollow Flashlight, a flashlight that runs solely off the heat of the human hand. The flashlight won a Google Science Fair Award. She inspires audiences to pursue curiosity, dream big and change the world.

By now, you’ve undoubtedly run across a story, or heard a speaker at a conference point out some random similarity between Baby Boomers and Millennials. I know I have.

In fact I heard about these similarities enough times, it prompted me to start actively hunting for these references to overlapping inter-generational wants and needs. The more I found the less random they seemed.

Science Fairs are one of the most misunderstood gems of education. All too often, the term elicits thoughts of cliché baking soda volcanos and lemon batteries. For many educators, herein lies the inherent source of confusion – after all, what use are these silly juvenile experiments when kids ought to be doing serious work with their algebra workb

This year marked our seventh annual speaker showcase and once again the event took another step forward by making our Alberta debut with NSBest Calgary. All three events were highly successful, bringing forward plenty of inspiration to audiences around Canada. Our best speaker showcase yet, the events offered diverse mix of speakers who shared valuable insight and their “Canada 150” with our valued clients.

March see’s two important events roll out on the international education calendar. First up is Mobile Learning Week happening March 7-11 in Paris, France. The event will shed light on the ways technology can be leveraged — in different contexts and for different groups — to improve the quality of education now and in the future.

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