A guest post by Lauren Bailey
If you are involved in education in any capacity,
you have most likely already observed the drastic changes technology is making
to the way we learn and the way schools are run. Now, many current TED talks
are focusing on this same issue and beginning to piece together a new way to
look at our model of education in the modern world. With the use of technology,
not only have huge changes already been made, but many more are sure to come
that will further challenge and enhance the world of education as we know it.
Here are some of the most interesting TED talks for teachers who love
technology, and anyone interested in a different model for future education:
This talk features Salman Khan, a man who started
uploading math tutorials to YouTube in 2004. By 2010, he had posted over 2,000
tutorials online in everything from basic addition to biology, physics,
chemistry and advanced calculus. He has also founded the online Khan Academy,
which is a non-profit dedicated to sharing world-class education with anyone
across the globe. The academy is made up of self-paced software and it receives
over 1 million unique students every month. In this talk, Khan discusses his
decision to start the academy and the possibilities of modeling this form of
education in the public school system.
Sugatu Mitra presents this talk on an education
model that focuses on the real ways children learn. Eschewing the typical
design of most public school systems, Mitra started an experiment by providing
children across the globe with access to computers and the internet. Children
from Italy to South Africa and New Delhi were able to learn huge amounts of
information, totally on their own, without the guidance of a teacher or any
formal text. Mitra makes an argument for an educations stem that allows
children to learn by following their own motivations and by teaching and
learning from one another.
This talk is given by Sir Ken Robinson, a writer,
researcher and education expert focusing on education for a new stage of
humanity. Robinson’s research has led him to conclude that the school system as
we know it is “educating people out of their creativity.” Students are
typically punished for restlessness and curiosity and are educated based on a
1700’s model of creation of a working class. Arguing here that the education
system as we know it is educating children to become good workers, rather than
enhancing their creativity, he discusses the different ways that changes could
be made to better enable today’s students to contribute to society and do
amazing things.
Lauren Bailey is a freelance blogger who
loves writing about education, new technology, lifestyle and health. As an
education writer, she works to research and provide sound online education
advice and welcomes comments and questions via email at blauren 99
@gmail.com.
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