[IAEP] Sugata Mitra at TED 2013

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 09.03.2013, at 06:45, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Folks,
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> Sugata Mitra has done it again! Watch his great new TED 2013 talk, from a month ago, where he introduces a new approach to collaborative learning… not one laptop per child, but 4 children per laptop (or desktop) in a "Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE)" You can catch the video of his talk here:
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> http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html
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> He has also teamed with TED and the Huffington Post to organize a contest where teachers, parents, and other youth leaders can experiment with his SOLE model with children ages 8-12 then share their experiences. Instructions for the contest are in a guide. you can download here:
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> http://www.ted.com/pages/sole_challenge#download
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> The best thing about the guide is that it actually has generalized, customizable Lesson Plans and hints for making cooperative/collaborative learning work! Even if you can't do the contest (it ends in April) you can save the guide for future reference.
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> Unfortunately, I don't have any children 8-12 to work with, but I know many of you do. Others of you will find the lesson plans great for using in a teacher training situation… have them go through the same process the kids do and the teachers will learn by doing! 
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> Caryl

It's a great talk, as always. But read this, too, for a larger context:

http://hackeducation.com/2013/03/03/hacking-your-education-stephens-hole-in-the-wall-mitra/

(via Mark Guzdial)

- Bert -