TED: Sir Ken Robinson on Bring on the Revolution

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Thu 18 Nov at 9:59 AM

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

TED: John Hardy on My Green School Dream

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Thu 18 Nov at 9:25 AM

Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building.

Nicholas Negroponte

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 5:13 PM

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."

Gever Tulley Tinkering School

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 5:01 PM

The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids.

Sugata Mitra Computers and Kids

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:54 PM

Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

Mae Jemison Teaching Arts and Science

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:47 PM

Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman to go into space. She's become a crusader for science education -- and for a new vision of learning that combines arts and sciences,…

Richard Baraniuk Open Source Education

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:34 PM

Richard Baraniuk is founder of Connexions, a free, open-source, global clearinghouse of course materials. People in some 200 countries tap into its vast store of texts on everything from…

Bill Gates on Education

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:24 PM

Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy.

Arthur Benjamin's Wants to Change Math

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:20 PM

Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?"

Ken Robinson: Says Schools Kills Creativity

Submitted by www.theBulldogS... on Wed 26 Aug at 4:09 PM

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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