Rowanda Aims for OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)

Rowanda Aims for One Laptop Per Child
21th Century Africa

WorldFocus.org

WorldFocus Blog

The One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) launched in Rwanda in October 2008 with the aim of providing computer access to the country’s 2.3 million schoolchildren.

Benjamin Zander - Classical Music with Shining Eyes

Classical Music with Shining Eyes

Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) since its formation twenty-five years ago.

Filmed at TED - Ideas Worth Spreading
February 2008

Carl Shirky - Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
March 11, 2008

Carl Shirky
Professor at New York University in the
Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program

Carl is discussing his book, "Here Comes Everybody".
Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters
Authors@Google series.
WIKI

Michael Wesch - A Portal to Media Literacy

A Portal to Media Literacy
The Future of Education
June 2008 at the University of Manitoba

Michael Wesch
is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture.

Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University

Other videos:
A Vision of Students
Important characteristics of students today.

Michael Wesch
BLOG
WIKI

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - Learning 2.008 Shanghai Virtual Presentation

Learning2.008 Shanghai

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Sheryl is a doctoral student, an adjunct instructor of educational technology at the College of William and Mary and an educational consultant.

Blog
Wiki

B.J. Nesbitt - A Vision of K-12 Students Today

A Vision of K-12 Students Today


This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.

B. J. Nesbitt
UK

Learning to Change/Changing to Learn

"Learning to Change/Changing to Learn" Video
"Learning to Change/Changing to Learn" is a five-minute video that shares the views of an international panel of key educators and thought leaders. Together, their voices document the need for all educational stakeholders to develop contemporary classroom practices that incorporate technology to individualize and maximize student learning.

Pearson International 2008 Conference on Science & Mathematics
Singapore
April 28 - May 1 ,2008
The Pearson Foundation
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Greg Whitby - Schooling in Today's World

Schooling in Today's World

Greg Whitby

Executive Director of Schools
Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, Australia

"We need to develop a new pedagogical dna for schooling in today’s world in order to break from the past”

Greg's Blog: bluyonder

Chris Lehmann - The Schools We Need

The Schools We Need

Chris Lehmann
Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA


Chris talks at Ignite Philly 2 about the need for schools to change to embrace technology, and encourage learning.


September 23, 2008

Ken Robinson - Power of the Imaginative Mind

Ken Robinson

The internationally renowned innovation consultant calls for transformation, not just reformation, of public education.

Power of the Imaginative Mind Part 1 and Part 2

From: Edutopia - What works in Education April 10, 2008
Apple Education Leadership Summit

Karl Fisch - Scott McLeod - Did You Know 2.0

Revised (2007)

Official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod with design and development by XPLANE

http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/