jueves, septiembre 27, 2012

Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education

In TEDxMadridSalon , an independent event organized under a TED licence , this video could be seen .

"Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.” (Sugata Mitra)

Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.
Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that, 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 know more click here
 

lunes, septiembre 24, 2012

The Mp3 Experiments


The Mp3 Experiments


The Mp3 Experiment is participatory public event created by Improv Everywhere.
 We stage a new Mp3 Experiment in New York each year and also tour the project regularly to college campuses and international festivals.
Here’s how it works
  • we put an original mp3 file online (usually around 45 minutes long) that people download and transfer to their mobile devices. 
  •  Participants then synchronize their watches to an atomic clock on our website, head out to the same public location, and blend in with others.
  •  At the predetermined time, everyone presses play. Hilarity ensues as participants carry out ridiculous, coordinated instructions delivered to their headphones via narrator “Steve” and everyone else tries to figure out what the hell is going on. 


David Pogue of the New York Times participated in our 2009 experiment and wrote:
It was hilarious. The crowd was young and fun, and the whole thing was orchestrated, planned and written exceptionally well. What a totally, totally cool idea: part mass hypnosis, part party, part comedy club… like a political rally, but with more to do. Find a way to be part of it.
You can read his full recap on NYTimes.com.

Here is an overview of all of the New York Mp3 Experiments dating back to the original in 2004. Take a look at the videos, and click on the titles to check out the behind the scenes project page.
 

domingo, septiembre 16, 2012

Back To School!!!


 BACK
 TO RETURN TO AN EARLIER OR NORMAL POSITION OR CONDITION 

QUOTATIONS: BACK TO SCHOOL

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.  ~Chinese Proverb


All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.  ~Martin H. Fischer


I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.  ~Winston Churchill



You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.  ~Clay P. Bedford


When the student is ready, the master appears.  ~Buddhist Proverb


You learn something every day if you pay attention.  ~Ray LeBlond




It is a good time to start School again!! so what a better song to start classes again??
Click here.
There are activities based on the lyrics of the song 





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