Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

TED Prize : For a wish that can inspire the world » Blog Archive » Congratulations Sugata Mitra, Winner of the First-Ever $1M TED Prize! February 26, 2013 After a series of experiments revealed that groups of children can learn almost anything by themselves, researcher Sugata Mitra began his pursuit to inspire children all over the world to get curious and work together. In 1999, Sugata and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering a slum in New Delhi, installed an Internet-connected PC, and left it there (with a hidden camera). Soon, they saw kids from the slum playing with the computer, learning English and searching through a wide variety of websites on science and other topics, and then teaching each other. Sugata and his colleagues carried out experiments for over 13 years on the nature of self-organized learning, its extent, how it works and the role of adults in encouraging it. The TED Prize is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $1,000,000 and the TED community’s resources and expertise to spark global change. Are you inspired by Sugata’s wish? Here’s what you can do:

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Education innovator wins $1 million TED prize Sugata Mitra and Sir Ken Robinson (TED website) The winner of the first $1 million TED Prize for education innovation is (no, not Sal Khan) Sugata Mitra, for his plan this year to start the “School in the Cloud,” which is essentially a computer lab where children in Indian can learn in a student-driven environment. He has released a toolkit for parents and teachers who want to create what he calls self-organized learning environments, or SOLES, for kids ages 8-12, which you can find here. Here is his wish, taken from the TED Web site: “My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together. And here is his plan, from the same Web site: According to the TED Web site: Mitra has a history of research to back up this wish. Here’s a video about those experiments:

Eliciting Commonly, eliciting is used to ask learners to come up with vocabulary and language forms and rules, and to brainstorm a topic at the start of a skills lesson. The definition of the term in the Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, ‘Techniques or procedures which a teacher uses to get learners to actively produce speech or writing', suggests that there may be wider applications. Principles and advantages Eliciting is based on several premises: Collectively, students have a great deal of knowledge, both of the language and of the real world. Eliciting helps to develop a learner-centred classroom and a stimulating environment, while making learning memorable by linking new and old information. Tools for elicitingLanguage and ideas cannot be elicited without some input from the teacher, and eliciting is certainly not an excuse for not presenting language in a clear context. Often, the teacher provides stimulus using visuals or the board. T: Six o'clock. Tips for eliciting

Tecnologia no ensino A tecnologia está em constante evolução. Novidades surgem no mercado tecnológico diariamente e a educação é uma área do conhecimento que não pode ficar de fora desta onda. O ofício de ensinar está em constante mudança e é preciso se adaptar à nova forma de transmissão do conhecimento. Para isso, empresas estão focando seus estudos em tecnologias para melhorar o ensino e facilitar a vida de professores e alunos. Conheça a seguir algumas inovações tecnológicas e veja como elas podem agregar ainda mais ao conhecimento dos alunos. Quadro negro digital Uma das inovações consideradas “top de linha” é a tela multitoque desenvolvida pela Super Uber em parceria com a universidade Estácio de Sá. O quadro conta com a tela touchscreen, que coloca várias funções literalmente na ponta dos dedos do profissional. O Super Quadro MT também é capaz de fazer desenhos livres e navegar na própria web, o que traz para a sala de aula um uso inovador da internet. As possibilidades trazidas pela tela são imensas.

Sugata Mitra: The Sole of a Student Winner Of the TED Prize 2013 In a special edition of TEDWeekends, TED and The Huffington Post are partnering to co-premiere a talk by this year's TED Prize winner. The TEDTalk by the winner is accompanied by an original blog post, along with new op-eds, thoughts and responses from the HuffPost and TED communities. Watch the talk above, read the blog post and tell us your thoughts below. Become part of the conversation! The Sole Of A Student From Plato to Aurobindo, from Vygotsky to Montessori, centuries of educational thinking have vigorously debated a central pedagogical question: How do we spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder in children? But first, a bit of history: to keep the world's military-industrial machine running at the zenith of the British Empire, Victorians assembled an education system to mass-produce workers with identical skills. Like most things designed by the Victorians, it was a robust system. But what got us here, won't get us there. Ideas are not set in stone.

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The Basics of Self-Directed Learning for Teachers What is self-directed learning all about ? There are a variety of definitions as to what SDL is all about and going through all of them I found that Knowles has been very articulate in the way he defined SDL. “In its broadest meaning, ’self-directed learning’ describes a process by which individuals take the initiative, with our without the assistance of others, in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating learning goals, identify human and material resources for learning, choosing and implement appropriate learning strategies, and evaluating learning outcomes.” (Knowles, 1975, p. 18 ELLLO Beginner #08 Sentence Patterns Todd: So Natalie, what is a typical day for you? For example, what is a typical morning? Natalie: Well, I wake up at about 7.00 a.m. Todd: Oh that's early. Natalie: Yes, I really am a morning person. Todd: I think you are a morning person. Natalie: Well, I don't actually get out of bed until about 7.30. Todd: Okay, so what do you do? Natalie: Well, I play on my phone, I check my emails, I check Facebook, and I read the news. Todd: Do you eat breakfast at home? Natalie: I usually prepare breakfast at home, yeah. Todd: What do you eat? Natalie: Oh, just the simple stuff, eggs, bacon, sausages, sometimes I'll have toast. Todd: Do you drink coffee or tea? Natalie: No, I don't like coffee or tea. Todd: Oh, what do you drink? Natalie: Actually, I like hot chocolate in the morning. Todd: Yeah, I like hot chocolate too. Natalie: Well, I'm a teacher. Todd: How many classes do you have in the morning? Natalie: Each class lasts an hour, so I have three classes. Todd: Do you eat lunch at school? Todd: That's a lot.