Educational researcher,Sugata Mitra's TED Talk about the future of schools has just won the TED Prize for 2013.Not surprisingly,he states that schools as we know them are obselete and outdated. In "Build A School In The Cloud",Sugata talks about how children can explore and learn from one another, without the input of a teacher.In 1999 he conducted the "Hole in The Wall" experiment where he dug a hole in a wall,installed with an internet connected PC, in a slum in New Dehli. With the help of a hidden camera he was able to see children teaching themselves how to go online.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Schools in the Clouds
Educational researcher,Sugata Mitra's TED Talk about the future of schools has just won the TED Prize for 2013.Not surprisingly,he states that schools as we know them are obselete and outdated. In "Build A School In The Cloud",Sugata talks about how children can explore and learn from one another, without the input of a teacher.In 1999 he conducted the "Hole in The Wall" experiment where he dug a hole in a wall,installed with an internet connected PC, in a slum in New Dehli. With the help of a hidden camera he was able to see children teaching themselves how to go online.
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The 'Hole in the Wall' TED talk is so inspiring! Definitely worth watching, if you haven't seen it.
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