We Love Resources: the Digital Public Library of America

Perhaps you’ve heard of WorldCat, which is, in brief, “the world’s largest network of library content and services” — but to folks like you and me, that means that we can search across many different library collections for a particular holding. It’s fun, it’s convenient, and it helped Yours Truly solve an Advanced Power Searching with […]

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Spirit of Innovation Challenge Innovation Summit 2013

On now! As a Champion Partner for the 2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge, we encourage, implore, and adjure you to virtually swing by the summit, through Saturday, April 13. It’s an opportunity to be amazed and show your support for the finalist teams of curious, inspired youth. What’s in it for the winner? The chance to […]

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Release: Guaranteed Transfer Credit for Students of Free Online Courses

Good news for a Wednesday morning — today we announced agreements with seven colleges and universities to guarantee credit for three of our courses. More schools and more courses are on the way in 2013. Read the release here, and please do share! […]

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Spirit of Innovation Challenge: Vote Now!

Watch and see: young people have great ideas. The Conrad Foundation’s Spirit of Innovation Challenge is driven by this notion. It’s one that we at the Saylor Foundation share, which is why we’ve chosen to be a 2013 partner for SOIC. In this competition, 13-18 year olds design “commercially viable products or services to address issues of […]

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