Technology


 * Sugata Mitra - Child-Centred Learning**

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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching. He was one of the keynote speakers at this year's Big Day Out.
 * Did You Know?**

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"Social media technologies allow us to easily create web content to share with others, often on a mass scale, but also in a local context. The rise of social media has brought significant changes to the way people do business, socialise, obtain information and perform everyday tasks, and many educators are exploring the possibilities that the social media can offer for students, teachers and schools. In this article I describe some of these possibilities, based on my own experiences as a secondary teacher."
 * Applying Social Media in Schools**

Applying Social Media In Schools

"//Games and Learning// is a programme of research, events and publications. Building on earlier research and development carried out by Futurelab, and on a survey of recent games and learning developments, the project intends to stimulate discussion and the development of new intelligence amongst the research, games industry, policy and educational practitioner communities. The overall aim is to demonstrate what challenges and opportunities have emerged from debates and developments in this field to date, and to identify practical actions to be taken forwards."
 * Games and Learning**


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21 st century education integrates technologies, engaging students in ways not previously possible, creating new learning and teaching possibilities, enhancing achievement and extending interactions with local and global communities.