Yesterday I wrote about EyeWire and fold.it and Tara left a comment asking if I’d seen this TED talk:
First let’s just do a “we’re not worthy” bow to the TED talks.
Okay. And now to Sugata Mitra.
Okay. Here’s the reply I left on Tara’s comment: Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Unbelievable and fabulous and beautiful and stunning. Turns the “HOPE” light on full power for me. Thank you!
Seriously. How do I adequately express how in love with this man’s brain I am today? With his heart, his mind, his teacherliness, his trust … Wow. Yes, anyone who used to read my blog back when I was teaching knows that I’m a bit of a floozy, that I fall in love a LOT — with all of my students, with new ideas, with great books, with math teachers.
Still. This man? Is everything.
Thanks, Tara!
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Check out the rest of the slices over at Ruth and Stacey’s.
Wonderful… thanks Stacie and Tara. We need to get on with it
Absolutely! And how much do you love the face of that little girl at the end? If this talk hadn’t captivated me before that moment, she sealed the deal!
You are baack! Blogging and giving us this link that started my day. Wow.
Hi, Pat–
Yes, I did have a crazy-long absence. So glad I came back in time to be introduced to Sugata Mitra’s excellent ideas!
this is awesome. ty!
it actually makes me rethink some of some of the funder-driven computer based “classrooms” (which are rarely that) — maybe they just need an Cloud Grandmother to actually work.
I think we could all use a Cloud Grandmother! Every time I think about Mitra’s work, I get excited. How can we start doing something like this with our students?
Having seen the talk I fully understand.