the head of growth is 24-year-old erin jen.project is finding new ways that technology can enhance education. aaron ginn, are you going to do something called a hacked eighta hack-a-thon? >> yes. >> today means creativity. so you have to talk about how you create an outcome. and it is when you usually have 24 hours or more to solve a problem. >> you are doing this in miami october 11 and the winner gets a 5000-dollar prize after coding for 24 hours straight? >> yes, they make a goal without certain with a certain amount of time to find something that's a very creative solution. >> what makes you so certain that technology has solutions in this? >> is already working right now. we can see a lot of successful education popping up. john: is an online academy who once tutored his young cousin with math. >> that worked out well. to save time he posted his lectures on youtube. he was descrrbed surprise to discover that soon millions had watched him. now he is funded by bill gates and he offers web lectures on everything from history