Sugata Mitra’s “Granny Cloud” Wins Education Prize
PRLog – Feb. 2, 2015 – HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — In 2013, Professor Sugata Mitra was awarded the $1 million TED Prize to build the ultimate “School in the Cloud” — learning labs where children, given their innate sense of wonder and curiosity, regardless of income, can work together to engage and connect online in the so-called Granny Cloud, with the guidance of virtual “grannies.”
5 Questions for Ashanti Branch
Talk about Big Ideas Fest success stories. Ashanti Branch walked off the stage at Big Ideas Fest 2014 and onto the stage at Sundance Film Festival in early 2015, where he premiered his documentary, The Mask You Live In.
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Genetics Gets Personal with the ISKME & 23andMe Learning Challenge
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; he’s the one who asks the right questions.
– Claude Lévi-Strauss
Conference focuses on bringing Big Ideas home
Some big ideas start small. This year’s Big Ideas Fest focused on “Education Innovation for a Small Planet,” and it was a little different from previous years. Located here in Half Moon Bay, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education deserves praise, not just for embracing change, but for embodying it.
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