@chloeatplay wrote: We are so delighted to possess Educational Researcher Sugata Mitra,the winner of the 2013 TED Prize join us in this months Community Call. His wish: Build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another.
This month we will re-imagine education and discuss with Sugata his “Hole in the Wall” experiments that explain that, and in the absence of supervision or formal teaching,children can teach themselves and each other, if they’re motivated by curiosity and peer interest.
To get some inspiration watch some of Sugata's talks below and quiz your questions in the comments!! As always we will spend the rest of the call breaking into small rooms.
As always, and we'll meet in the Unhangout Room: https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/event/littlebits! www.wired.com
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
Students in Matamoros,Mexico weren't getting much out of school -- until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential. Posts: 2Participants: 2Read full topic
Source: littlebits.cc