On 09.03.2013, at 06:45, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Folks, > > Sugata Mitra has done it again! Watch his great new TED 2013 talk, from a > month ago, where he introduces a new approach to collaborative learning… not > one laptop per child, but 4 children per laptop (or desktop) in a > "Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE)" You can catch the video of his > talk here: > > http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html > > He has also teamed with TED and the Huffington Post to organize a contest > where teachers, parents, and other youth leaders can experiment with his SOLE > model with children ages 8-12 then share their experiences. Instructions for > the contest are in a guide. you can download here: > > http://www.ted.com/pages/sole_challenge#download > > The best thing about the guide is that it actually has generalized, > customizable Lesson Plans and hints for making cooperative/collaborative > learning work! Even if you can't do the contest (it ends in April) you can > save the guide for future reference. > > Unfortunately, I don't have any children 8-12 to work with, but I know many > of you do. Others of you will find the lesson plans great for using in a > teacher training situation… have them go through the same process the kids do > and the teachers will learn by doing! > > Caryl It's a great talk, as always. But read this, too, for a larger context: http://hackeducation.com/2013/03/03/hacking-your-education-stephens-hole-in-the-wall-mitra/ (via Mark Guzdial) - Bert - _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
