Woz Joins TechFor Educators.com Board of Directors
4:31 pm, May 6th, 2009, Lonnie Lazar
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers and one of the most recognized engineering geeks in the world, joined the Board of Directors of TechForEducators.com – a Sausalito, CA-based purveyor of goods and services designed to improve the performance of educators – the company announced Wednesday.
“Woz inspired a generation of technologists – including myself,” explained Matt Spergel, President of TechForEducators.com. “The Apple II was an engineering tour de force and an amazing learning tool. We are deeply honored to have Steve contributing his infectious optimism and creativity to our company.”
Wozniak has a strong record of support for children and education, having been a founding sponsor of the Tech Museum of Innovation and the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. He also “adopted” the Los Gatos School District, near Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, CA, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment.
In partnership with the Kids In Need Foundation, TechForEducators.com provides exceptional value to education: for every $1 a customer spends on product at TechForEducators.com, $1.25 worth of free school supplies is also provided to impoverished students. The company carries quality products at competitive prices, all with a money-back guarantee.
“TechForEducators.com represents the best in trying to do good things for our students and teachers,” Wozniak said. “I’m looking forward to the great things they have planned for education.”
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I’m one of many advocates for the schools in the “corridor of shame” in SC. http://www.corridorofshame.com. JV Martin Jr High student Ty’Sheoma Bethea was quoted by President Obama in his Feb address to congress because she wrote a letter asking for help and saying she and her classmates are not quitters. Since then gifts have come to her school but there are many others in the same boat that need help too. SC Superintendent of Education Jim Rex has pledged to help the schools but Gov Sanford is refusing stimulus money, and many SC legislators are pushing tax vouchers for private school attendance – diverting even more revenue from public schools. We desperately need help keeping the momentum for improvement going in the right direction. Lawsuits to get adequate funding have gone on since 1993… then-students are now approaching their 30s. It is tragic for more generations to pass thru these schools without a decent education. Internet teaching would be a good part of solution for them b/c it’s very hard to keep good teachers in the rural areas and w/low pay – virtual classes could bring more opportunity. I would love to put you in touch with those in charge, to help develop a plan. Thank you for your commitment to education and to helping the less fortunate. Besides being morally right thing to do, it’s the only answer for longterm succees of the US to make it a priority to educate our children.
Deboirah Morrow, on May 24th, 2009 at 12:20 am