February 2009 Luncheon Meeting
February 12, 2009 11:30 am - 1:00 pm at E&O Trading Company at Ward Center
Please, join us as Elizabeth Blake, CEO Ainoa, Inc. shares her experiences working with the DOE on educating our youth with relevance to today's job market. Hear how she is succeeding and what AITP can do to help in the way of providing mentors and teachers. Ainoa, Inc is educating our students for a fraction of the cost that the DOE takes to educate a student and providing relevant certified topics that students can relate to.Elizabeth Blake’s educational experiences includes professional training, content development, instructional design, school administration, academic program design and implementation.
In the last 10 years she has utilized the virtual learning environment. As a secondary school vice principal, she observed the learning habits of students in an online environment and began a quest to develop best practices for online learning.
Today, Elizabeth is the Chief Executive Officer of Ainoa, Inc. In school year 2008/2009, Ainoa developed UHM SEED Academy (University of Hawaii at Manoa Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity). Ainoa has developed a 1:1 computing initiative to be launched in the next school year.
Program: The Impact of STEM Education in Hawaii Schools
U.S. Lags in Race to Educate Its Young Population - Where does Hawaii stand? Preparing Tomorrow’s IT Workforce, Today. What the AITP Honolulu Chapter and the IT community can do to contribute. Teachers and Mentors needed!