Sugata Mitra Recruit partners in the areas of technology, architecture, education and strategy to help design and build Schools in the Cloud of varying bandwidth and resources. Create the Granny Cloud, a global network of educators and retired teachers who can support and engage the children through an online School in the Cloud learning platform. Engage communities, parents, schools and afterschool programs worldwide to transform the way kids learn, by sharing the Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) toolkit with them, along with how-to videos and educational resources. In November 2013, the first School in the Cloud—located inside a high school in Killingworth, England—opened its doors to students. Since then, four more schools have opened— one more in the United Kingdom and three in India, including two flagship facilities and the first independent School in the Cloud. A digital School in the Cloud platform was launched at TED2014. Educational researcher Dr.
CIT to offer world's first degree in cloud computing 31/05/2011 - 07:13:33Back to Ireland Home Cork Institute of Technology is to offer a world first in third-level education with a new degree in cloud computing. It is hoped the course, which has been prepared in consultation with many top IT companies like EMC, Cisco and Microsoft, will boost Ireland's bid to become a global leader in the sector. A recent report predicted cloud computing could employ over 8,500 people in Ireland, potentially bringing in €9.5bn by 2014. The announcement comes just 24 hours after the latest cloud computing investment as leading Silicon Valley firm Marketo yesterday selected Ireland for their European hub, citing our "large talent pool of skilled people". The course, which will be taught remotely on a full- or part-time basis, will begin in September with an intake of 20 masters students. It will be officially launched in Dublin today by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn.
Sir Ken Robinson: Transform Education? Yes, We Must As the new members of 111th Congress wander through the building looking for their desks and lockers, it may feel for some of them like the first day at school. They should hold on to that feeling. One of the biggest challenges they face is sorting out American education. Given the recession, the dire situation in the Middle East and the general state of the planet, education is probably not at the top of their to-do list. It must be soon. Transforming education has to be at the root of everything the new administration hopes to achieve, and nothing it does in the short term will be sustainable otherwise. President-elect Obama swayed the nation on a promise of change and the renewal of the American Dream. All of this is the work of education. My family and I moved to America almost eight years ago. President-elect Obama has said that NCLB was well intentioned, and it was. I said that the premise of the act is flawed.
Big Think There are only two events in the universe that defy the laws of physics: black holes and the big bang, and while scientists try to explain them, crucial evidence may be eaten up in the meantime. Christophe Galfard's book is "The Universe in Your Hand A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond" ( Read more at BigThink.com: Follow Big Think here:YouTube: Transcript - The interesting thing about trying to unravel the laws of nature is that yes, we have found some laws. For a long time gravity has told us that nothing can escape the gravitational grip of a black hole. And everything we had known about black holes until the mid-1970s was only related to gravity.
The problem with girls and maths « The Anti Room Jun 13th, 2011 by Aoife McLysaght There’s a problem with girls and maths. If this year is like previous years, then fewer female students will be taking higher level maths today than their male peers. What is happening here? Is this the problem we have heard about for years? Well, yes. It is the stereotype that is the problem, not the difference between boys and girls. We all know the common cultural stereotypes concerning the ability of the two sexes in maths. In an ingenious set of experiments, Steele and colleagues selected male and female students who were high performers in school maths and invited them to participate in a study. The students were split into two mixed-gender groups. The two groups were given the same test. So ditch the old prejudices and presumptions, roll up your sleeves, sharpen your pencil, and have some fun with maths!
Dave's Educational Blog If You've Ever Felt You Stepped Into The Twilight Zone In A Meeting, This Video Will Speak To You People on the business side, creative side, and technical side of an operation don’t necessarily all speak the same language--but for our friends in the engineering department, being asked to transcend the rules of pesky “reality” and the laws of physics, geometry, thermodynamics, and other areas of scientific expertise that their business-minded colleagues don’t understand must be incredibly frustrating. That’s the takeaway from “The Expert,” a seven-minute short written and directed by Lauris Beinerts of London. The video is about a “funny business meeting illustrating how hard it is for an engineer to fit into the corporate world," but, really, it speaks to anyone who's been in meetings where they've truly felt that the people across the table are living on another plane of reality based on the requests coming out of their mouths.
Employers call for 'enterprise curriculum’ Mr Smith, who previously held a senior position at Oracle, said employers had no right to “moan” unless they “can show they are involved in turning it around”. Education Secretary Michael Gove wants the education system to move away from an “obsession” with tests and targets, which could be leading to students taking “soft courses” to raise schools’ positions in league tables. Pupils will be expected to score A* to C grades in the five core GCSE subjects of English, mathematics, science, languages and humanities. Sir James Dyson, the vacuum cleaner entrepreneur, also warned that an emphasis on core academic subjects could be to the detriment of practical skills: “Britain has 37,000 engineering vacancies but produces just 22,000 engineering graduates each year. Young people should be encouraged into practical subjects like design and technology, which is at risk of being taken off the national curriculum – if we want a generation of problem-solvers this is a mistake.”
Diane Ravitch (DianeRavitch) Teacher Makes Resignation Letter Public A local teacher is making waves after posting her resignation letter online. Pauline Hawkins is leaving Liberty High School in Colorado Springs after more than a decade. She tells 11 News she believes the education system in Colorado is on a downward spiral and she's ready to get out, citing low pay and standardized testing as two major reasons for her departure. But it's her resignation letter that has grabbed the attention of people across the country. An excerpt: I have sweet, incredible, intelligent children sitting in my classroom who are giving up on their lives already. I can no longer be a part of a system that continues to do the exact opposite of what I am supposed to do as a teacher–I am supposed to help them think for themselves, help them find solutions to problems, help them become productive members of society. As unique as my personal situation might be, I know I am not the only teacher feeling this way. "They aren't just a number or data.
Smartphone and tablet stats: what's really going on in the mobile market? | Technology The mobile phone market is deluged with data. Four times a year there is a spike in market share estimates just after quarterly financial results are released, while the time in between is filled with analyst forecasts and surveys from market research firms trying to get to the bottom of changing market trends. July has been a particularly big month, with a number of studies, surveys and predictions. Individually they're of varying interest and credibility, but there is some value for app developers in pulling the data together and poring over the likely implications. Global mobile shipments IDC's estimates for global shipments of mobile phones is a good place to start. IDC says that sales of feature phones actually fell 4% year-on-year in the latest quarter: the first time it has done so since the third quarter of 2009. Smartphone shipments That's for all phones, but many app developers are focusing purely on smartphones. Samsung and Research In Motion are a bit more awkward.
Diane Ravitch's blog Facebook acquires Push Pop Press for tablet design Digital book creator Push Pop Press announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by Facebook. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Push Pop Press was founded last year by Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris, former Apple employees that had together worked on the iPhone’s Maps app. As with many of the Apple flock, Matas and Tsinteris together have a brilliant eye for design; leaving the Cupertino company, they took that eye and started Push Pop, which aimed to usher in a new generation of beautiful digital books. The company’s first (and only) product was Al Gore’s “Our Choice.” Originally published in 2009, the book serves as a follow-up to “An Inconvenient Truth,” providing tangible ways to address climate change and energy crises. Naturally, the book lends itself to the use of multimedia--photos, videos, interactive maps, infographics and beyond. According to Push Pop: