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Randy Wilhelm
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More schools are considering adding more time in the classroom
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Marshall Aug. 7, 2009.
Disruptive and Innovative Technologies for Student Centric Learning
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Started this discussion. Last reply by warren May. 11, 2009.
Linda Morrell Day at Thinkronize
Replied Feb. 27, 2009
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I agree that self-paced online learning would be a great option. However, I wonder if that is going to help reach (save) our at-risk population. The only way to extend the school day/year without extending teacher hours or hiring more teachers is to…
I think self-paced online learning would be a great idea to use instead of extending the school day!
Is self-paced, online learning an option for extending the school year without requiring additional hours from teachers?
It seems a pretty simple, common sense argument. Kids spend more time learning, kids learn more. Of course the problem is that it requires a great deal of money to support a system like this financially. If pay doesn't increase with longer hours and…
Bottom line.....we need personalized learning for students. Schools need to be restructured for mastery of skills not by grade levels. Question: Once you graduated from high school, how often have you been grouped with people solely based on your ag…
In an period where many districts are cutting back budgets, which means also a raise in insurance rates and no annual increases of salary commensurate with that, I would argue against this tooth and nail. This is not to say that I'm a dedicated educ…
This is an interesting Time Magazine article about the shift in thinking toward a longer school year. Check it out and let others know what you think about it.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1910973,00.html?iid=tsmodule
Question: D…
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- Randy Wilhelm co-founded Thinkronize in 1999 to enhance the education of youth through innovative technology. Since then, Wilhelm has effectively navigated his company through the ups and downs of the dot.com craze and bust to create a highly successful organization. He currently serves as CEO of Thinkronize, Inc.
Thinkronize's award-winning netTrekker suite of academic search products deliver rich educational resources available on the Internet in a safe, easy to use format. With the netTrekker product suite, Wilhelm was able to change how digital curriculum is tagged, sorted and delivered to all stakeholders in K-12 education.
The netTrekker products are now the leading search engines used in U.S. schools, with over 12 million students in 21,000 schools from 50 states as subscribers. The innovative netTrekker di is adopted by two states and over 23% of the largest districts in the U.S. are using the product. A new version of netTrekker was recently made available to parents for the consumer market. The product suite has garnered over 20 industry awards for excellence. In addition, Thinkronize was named to the 2007 Inc. 5000 and 2006 Inc. 500 lists as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.
Wilhelm has built partnerships throughout the education and technology industries, including those with major hardware manufacturers, educational publishers, and software developers. He has spoken at numerous events such as EdNET, Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), and The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conferences.
Prior to Thinkronize, Wilhelm spent over a dozen years principally consulting Fortune 500 businesses on how to better analyze and control costs in their employee benefit packages. He worked directly with or oversaw the work for organizations like Coke, KFC, Arby's, totes, and Xavier University. An Executive Vice President at USI Midwest (NASDAQ:USIH), he was the key leader that managed the delivery of rapid and sustainable growth at one of the world's leading insurance brokers.
Wilhelm serves on several education and youth related not-for-profit and for-profit boards and committees including:
Board member for Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
Board member for The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Member of the Ohio Governor's Public Education Advisory Group
Task Force member for the Congress on the Future of Content
Board of Advisors member for Kinderstreet
Board of Advisors member for Sevenstar Academy
Executive Advisory Board, Xavier University, Williams College of Business (Management)
Past Chairman of the Board for Fernside; A Center for Grieving Children
Past National Chairman of the Board for American Heritage Girls (Scouting organization)
Past Executive Advisory Board member for the Join Together Project for Deaf Education
Past member of the HELP Team (Hurricane Education Leadership Program)
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from DePauw University.
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- At 10:26am on May 4, 2009,
Dawn Crawford, M. Ed. said… - Randy -
I am here to request your presence in the Pennsylvania netTrekker's group. We are going to be driving a lot of traffic into the Village PA group this week at the CTO workshop at Penn State. It would be fantastic for those in Pennsylvania to get a sense of their importance to us as a company by having you join there group and possibly post a discussion introducing yourself or speaking to the mission of netTrekker in the state. I would be SUPER grateful!
Dawn
- At 10:41am on February 27, 2009,
Chris Marshall said…
- I can't believe you of all people have no comments yet. Well, I guess I get to be first. I have to say I appreciate, both personally and professionally, everything you have done to bring Thinkronize and netTrekker where it is today. You have helped to empower many an educator and student and I would encourage anyone who is a fan of netTrekker to come here and leave a message.
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