SUMMARY OF THE MARCH 12, 2009 GAZeL

Networking event at SKYSONG

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GAZeL is proud to say that our events this past year have been very interesting. The presentation at SKYSONG on March 12, 2009 was thought provoking and the building with the view of the mountains is beautiful. Paul Skiera Ph.D. spoke on how SKYSONG was developed and how ASU came to be so involved in the world of entrepreneurship. He had a powerpoint presentation to show the stages of the buildings and the programs that are offered. Dr. Skiera is a professor at ASU and also is the Business Development Manager of Sebit, a company producing curriculum software. He is currently Director of Technology-Based Learning and Research, an educational design, content and professional development center at ASU.

Our other speaker was David Alexander Ph.D., Director of the Virtual Training Center. Dr. Alexander began his career as a kindergarten teacher and rose to the position of principal. He was Curriculum Director, and assistant Superintendent in the Roosevelt Schools. From there he went through a vast array of experiences in education and joined Cisco System’s Educational Marketing Group in 1998. Currently Dr. Alexander is the Director of the Virtual Training Center, a non-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to providing Entrepreneurship Training in economically challenged areas throughout North America.

Dr. Alexander showed a powerpoint presentation of the work of the VTC. Anyone interested in this topic can get in touch with Dr. Alexander by sending him an email at david@virtualtrainingcenter.org.

We wish to thank Cox for the use of their conference line and TraCorp for allowing us to use their WebEx account. We also thank Sebit for sponsoring this event.

Our next networking meeting will also be at SKYSONG on May 7^th 2009. The topic is Mobile Learning.