One of my major goals for the Pencils.com site is the resource it can be for students and teachers alike. Whether it's teacher to teacher sharing of favorite lesson plans, an information source for students writing a paper, or an on line drawing lesson, this site has been designed around the concept of collaborative sharing and learning. I hope that Pencils.com members will use the site to experiment with new learning ideas and concepts.

In a very major way the means by which we will operate the Pencils.com business will be as a learning laboratory in itself. Through a unique new collaboration with the University of the Pacific Business School we have developed a new course in Applied Entrepreneurship in which the students enrolled in this course will play a very significant roll in the operation of the business. By getting the chance to apply the broad disciplines they are learning at the Eberhardt School of Business students will become intimately involved in all major aspects of running this site.