Sugata Mitra is the winner of this year’s $1 million TED Prize and his wish is to build a school in the cloud. His work with the ‘Hole in the Wall’ project has been featured on our blog previously (here and here) and here’s more on his new wish for children across the globe.
Via TED
Mitra wants children around the globe, in addition to traditional schooling, to get a chance to participate in self-organized learning. Translation: to spend time in learning environments where they are given the space to explore on their own, make discoveries and share them with their peers. In his talk from the TED stage, Mitra offered a bold wish: to help design the future of learning by supporting children in tapping into their innate sense of wonder. To this end, Mitra asked the TED community to help him create the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India where children can embark on intellectual adventures, connecting with information and mentors online. He also asked the community, wherever they may be, to create child-driven learning environments for the kids in their own lives.