<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <div><br> <style></style> <div dir="ltr"> <div><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Hi Folks,</font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">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:</font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html</a></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">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:</font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.ted.com/pages/sole_challenge#download" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/pages/sole_challenge#download</a></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">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.</font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">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! </font></p> <p style="font-size:12px;min-height:14px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p> <p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Caryl</font></p> </div></div> </div></div> </div></body> </html>