The name sounds pretty impressive.

Khan Academy.

But Khan Academy is really just one man, Salman Khan, who has created more than 1600 short videos that teach a wide variety of subjects from simple arithmetic to calculus; from biology to physics; from [more...]

If you went through high school, college or graduate school after the creation of the World Wide Web, you know that educators did not consider online research sources to be credible or authoritative.

Though it’s going to be difficult for many online sites to establish themelves as authoritative, a few of them are [more...]

For years, we were told that, in the future, children who grew up with ubiquitous computers and other digital devices would become “The Net Generation” — a whole new group of technologically savvy people who would be constantly digitally “connected” to each other and to the world.

In anticipation of that likelihood, governments and educators [more...]

Over the past three decades, I’ve had the honor of helping probably tens of thousands of people troubleshoot and learn how to use their computers, including everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens to domestic violence survivors.

Helping to change others’ lives is very gratifying work.

I suspect that there are few people alive who [more...]

During my second interview for my current job, they asked me, “Why do you want to work here?”

I told them that I’ve spent my whole adult life helping other people improve their lives — and I’m really good at it. [more...]