The Global Search For Education – Give Them Access, They Will Come
Congratulations to Dr. Sugata Mitra on winning the 2013 TED Prize. While I am not entirely sure of what your School in a Cloud model will ultimately look like, allow me to share some thoughts and perspectives as you continue your journey to build it. After screening the soon to be released film Girl Rising last night, I am convinced we need a School in a Cloud concept to help solve the tragic problem of children who have no school at...
The Global Search for Education: Social Learning
“Edmodo has been a platform that can be adapted to any type of classroom in the US and in every part of the world. We already have over 17,000,000 users.” — Crystal Hutter Have you done your Edmodo, honey? Yes that’s right, I said “Edmodo,” not “homework” or even “school work”. An impressive 17 million plus users worldwide are doing their Edmodo. The company’s...
The Global Search for Education: Health and Higher Achievement
“Highly prevalent, specific health problems have powerful effects on students’ motivation and ability to learn, and have not been addressed well in our nation’s schools.” — Chuck Basch Student health problems illustrate a compelling but generally neglected influence on the US domestic achievement gap, according to Dr. Charles (Chuck) Basch, author of Healthier Students Are Better Learners. In...
The Global Search for Education: If not the SAT, What?
“Multiple choice tests have been the dominant type of test in this country since World War I, but that is about to change.” — Roger Benjamin What if educators were able to assess the 21st century skills that thought leaders in The Global Search for Education series talk about week after week? What if this 21st century replacement for the SAT was able to measure high school students’ critical thinking,...
How Will They Lead?
“So many of them have persevered through so much in their lives already, and overcome tremendous adversity, but they don’t even realize it. It is remarkable that they want to continue dedicating themselves to helping others.” — Kirk Spahn, ICL co-founder As Americans begin to evaluate the US candidates for the next presidential election, everyone will ask himself or herself this question: How will they...
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