With more than 15 years of experience in the food distribution industry, Michael J. Mendes currently serves as the CEO of Just Desserts, a San Francisco Bay area company that has recently developed a vegan cake and four new organic cakes slated to begin appearing in stores in 2015. Michael Mendes has also balanced his responsibilities at Just Desserts with his position on the board of directors for Envision Education.
In a recent press release, Envision Education publicized an interview with Mark Isero, Envision Education’s Director of Instructional Development, who discussed his Kindle Classroom Project in an interview with Edutopia. Isero began the Kindle Classroom Project when he was an educator at a San Francisco charter school, where he found that both the budget for books, and student’s interest in hard-copy texts, was low. After loaning his personal Kindle to a “reluctant reader,” who ended up loving the digital reading device, Isero decided to launch a project to provide more students with donated Kindles.
In the Edutopia interview, Isero announced that the Kindle Classroom Project had recently received its 200th donated device. He also stated the project will continue accepting donations in order to help 1,200 students across three Envision high schools access a complete library at any time using a Kindle. According to Isero, the Envision Academy in Oakland also found that students with a Kindle grew their reading abilities by a grade level more than students without a digital reading device.
In a recent press release, Envision Education publicized an interview with Mark Isero, Envision Education’s Director of Instructional Development, who discussed his Kindle Classroom Project in an interview with Edutopia. Isero began the Kindle Classroom Project when he was an educator at a San Francisco charter school, where he found that both the budget for books, and student’s interest in hard-copy texts, was low. After loaning his personal Kindle to a “reluctant reader,” who ended up loving the digital reading device, Isero decided to launch a project to provide more students with donated Kindles.
In the Edutopia interview, Isero announced that the Kindle Classroom Project had recently received its 200th donated device. He also stated the project will continue accepting donations in order to help 1,200 students across three Envision high schools access a complete library at any time using a Kindle. According to Isero, the Envision Academy in Oakland also found that students with a Kindle grew their reading abilities by a grade level more than students without a digital reading device.