Globaloria was invited to the 2015 LearnLaunch Annual Conference on January 24, 2015 in one of my favorite cities, Boston, at my alma mater, Harvard University Graduate School of Business. LearnLaunch is inspiring and expanding Boston’s EdTech Ecosystem. It is connecting startups and supporting entrepreneurs in education technology. I had a chance with my friend, Jean Hammond (a fellow M.I.T. alumna), who is Co-Founding Partner. She has an incredible vision for LearnLaunch. Jean is an active Angel Investor, focusing on early stage high-tech and high-growth start-ups. LearnLaunch was established in 2012 by a team of partners, and has an impressive list of corporate sponsors from the education industry. I especially like Michael Horn (Christensen Institute) and Deborah Quazzo (GSV)‘s presentation. Here are some tweets from the snowy white weekend on the HBS campus.

Two days of showcasing @globaloria & connecting w colleagues fr @Harvard @HarvardHBS @hgse @LearnLaunch #edtech #startups #LearnLaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

Day1 was buzzing at Edtech Startups Showcase #learnlaunch15 @globaloria team ready to take your questions! pic.twitter.com/7r2xFuSN15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 24, 2015

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It’s the best time of the year! Computer Science Education Week & Hour of Code from December 8-14, 2014 is here! It is an annual week-long program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science. It was scheduled to coincide with Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday, a visionary computer scientist born on December 9, 1906. CSEdWeek was first recognized in 2010 when the 111th Congress passed House Resolution 1560 to raise awareness about the impact of computing innovation on economic growth, as well as the need to bolster computer science education at all levels. I blogged before about the history of CSEdWeek here on Huffington Post. Since 2013, my colleague-partner-in-CS-crime Hadi Patrovi, and his organization, Code.org, turned the Hour of Code into a global movement, reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries.
Be sure to try out Globaloria’s Hour of Code activities here.

“Top 10 Reasons to Code” music video by Brooklyn's @Flocabulary https://t.co/zXQ89XMF1G an AWESOME #STEM inspiration! #CSEdWeek #HourOfCode

— Idit Harel (@Idit) December 5, 2014

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Having a fantastic time with my Tech Awards family on November 13, 2014 and welcoming the 2014 Laureates! Much congratulations to the 2014 Microsoft Education laureates, Worldreader and Gooru, and to Salman Khan (Khan Academy) for the Impact Award. I continue to admire Salman Khan, a one-person force to educate the world. Sweet memories of Globaloria’s 2013 Award – watch the video. So many impressive technology projects to benefit humanity globally.

So much IMPACT from One Khan! Congrats @salkhanacademy #TheTechAwards @msftcitizenship #educationforall pic.twitter.com/UM4CJzQQNM

— Idit Harel (@Idit) November 14, 2014

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