Last time I told you that my youngest daughter, Christen, has decided to leave traditional brick-and-mortar high school and enroll at Penn Foster in order to earn her diploma. She joins my oldest daughter, Nicole, who had already made the same move, leaving her local high school and now taking her classes online, with the goal of earning her diploma electronically.

Well, as I was surprised to find out today, one of my co-workers has enrolled his stepson in Penn Foster High School as well! It turns out that he's heard such good things about the program from me that he decided to offer it as an option to his stepson. Apparently, he and his wife have had a little trouble with the young man not fitting in well at school. He's not a joiner, doesn't participate in any of the after school programs or sports, and doesn't belong to any clubs or really hang out too much with anyone except his very small circle of friends. On top of that, he's a little bit older than the rest of his classmates, due to the fact that we struggled earlier in his school life. Overall, he's a shy, introverted type of person who doesn't really get passionate about much, except computers and the internet. Sending him to school online seemed like a perfect match!

I'm really excited to see my own family and others taking advantage of technology in such a positive way. They're leveraging a tremendous medium to serve them in one of the most noble of ways: expanding their minds through education.

As time marches on and we move further along in the electronic educational medium, I'm excited to see what the future holds for online students and instructors alike. No doubt there is a lot more excitement to come on the horizon, and I'm thrilled to be immersed in it.