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IBM has teamed with EdReach, Inc., the nonprofit arm of ePals, Inc., to develop a new online communications tool for IBM MentorPlace. The tool is already being used to register an anticipated 8,000 IBM volunteers in more than 15 countries around the world who will be participating in this year's program. These volunteers will work with students on online academic activities while letting them know that adults care about their issues and concerns. "This tool will definitely improve the ease and quality of communications between IBM volunteers and their mentees throughout the world," said Grace Suh, an IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs project manager responsible for the IBM MentorPlace initiative. "It's huge step toward the ultimate goal supporting student learning."
The tool, which was developed and tested during the first six months of this year, will provide the security necessary for an online K-12 environment while greatly increasing ease of use.
IBM MentorPlace: Improving Through Doing
 Thousands of IBM volunteers will soon be matched with students around the world for another year of academic assistance. These volunteers have not only been an invaluable role model and assisted in helping students achieve educational goals, they have also provided valuable input to the IBM MentorPlace program.
"The new tool will make a huge difference in the way our mentors and students are able to interact with each other," said
Andrew Hocking, IBM CCR Australia. "We listened to feedback from our mentors and the schools about topics like e-mail notification and tracking of communication and integrated these ideas into the new tool."
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