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This Edutopia post describes how educators are using Evoke as a platform to engage high school students in the U.S. I love the teacher conversations that are resulting from this shared experience. This is how professional practice grows.

We maxed out the virtual "room" with 1,000 participants in last week's Edutopia webinar featuring Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. I could feel the interest as I fielded questions from teachers and students. If you missed it, here's a link to the recording.

Greg described how he has helped villagers build more than 140 schools to date in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan.… Continue

I just selected a woman entrepreneur in Mali to support with a Kiva loan (I'm now part of the Urgent Evoke Kiva team). She operates a home-based business, which allows her to support her family. And she has a proven track record as an entrepreneur--having already taken out and repaid several small loans. I'm happy to help in this small way.

Does it get any better than this?

That's what I asked myself as I sat across a conference table from Greg Mortenson yesterday morning,

waiting to start hosting a webinar for Edutopia.

We found out just before showtime that 1,000 attendees were signed in to

hear from the author of Three Cups of

Tea--and I'd heard through the grapevine that many teachers

would be sharing the… Continue