EduTECH 2014: Caro keeps delegates on edge of their seats

Rebecca Vukovic

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published June 4, 2014

While most of the presentations at EduTECH 2014 have utilised sophisticated video and presenting software, Jane Caro delivers her opening keynote on Day Two of the event with a trusty whiteboard by her side. As if feeling the need to explain herself (it is a technology conference after all), Caro says, “I don’t like PowerPoint, I think it distances the audience from the speaker.”

Throughout her remarkably insightful presentation of 8 simple rules for marketing your school with no money, Caro has every person ...

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