Sunday, November 4, 2012

hole in the wall tech education projecct

MINIMALLY INTRUSIVE EDUCATION
EMPOWER KIDS TO BRING CHANGE
http://www.infinitethinking.org/itm-204.html

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE
IN THE WORLD

Hole in the Wall Project
The Hole in the Wall Playground learning center is a really interesting project created by Dr. Sugata Mintra on how kids can be empowered to learn when given the opportunity to access technology, without teacher interference! Dr. Mintra collected data on how children in India learn using technology when playground learning stations were provided with Internet access. The results were pretty amazing. Kids started using the computer and exploring the Internet, without adult interference, at their own pace in collaboration with other kids. So cool!

It made me think about how much I tend to want to control discussion/activity in the classroom, oh it's hard to give up the reins! Really fascinating stuff. Check out the link below... or view the Ted talk video.
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/

Makes you wonder, why we are sometimes so hesitant to justify spending money on technology for education, when you see projects like this. Another hmmmmmmm moment.....

Sugata Mintra TED talk  - kids teach themselves


You can check out other blogs or ejournals on this same topic...
http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/does-access-to-technology-mean-access-to-education/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/16/slumdog-millionaire-education-online-independent

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Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra) by Gotye on Grooveshark

Cycles of Learning for teachers!

CYCLES OF LEARNING WEBSITE
http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/index.php

The creator Ramsey Musallam is a guru of inquiry learning and connections to technology - check out his site! Amazing ideas and resources!

You can even follow him on Twitter, check out the site!

He recommends checking out Dan Meyer's 101 Questions .... thee videos/images inspire questions as a starting point in the inquiry framework. i liked it, could be used in the classsroom in so many ways!
http://www.101qs.com/

Learning with games  - TED talk with Paul Anderson
Watch video on differentiation.... this video rocks... another guru to follow!



THE INFINITE THINKING MACHINE
http://www.infinitethinking.org/

See "Learning a Go Go" - Mobile Learning


More than Skype, Google Hangouts... have a bigger Social Space for learning
http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1215273

TED TALK LESSONS FOR CLASSROOMS awesome lessons!
http://ed.ted.com/