I spend much of my time reading, writing, discussing, and blogging about ideas around the broad theme of 21st Century learning. More specifically, what should 21st Century learning look like? How can social networking technologies be harnessed in learning spaces? read more

A hugely anticipated PC game, Spore - was launched worldwide in September this year. This game has not only enthralled many kids and adults alike around the world, but also got educators talking about the value of this game in education - to help children learn about the concept of evolution, survival, migration, city development, trade and trade routes, and design of creatures and spaceships (among other things). read more

(Cross-posted on Education Musings)

The Government of India launched the Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan (Education for All) program in 2003. read more

Panel discussion at the NECC...Educating kids seems to be the best solution - nothing new there, but still a video worth watching by teachers and parents.

It's not about YOU or ME or I today, it's about US, and what WE can accomplish together. read more

I doubt that in all these years I have ever come across a more useful piece of writing to guide students on higher education choices, and skills development for a successful life than Marc Andreessen's Guide to Skills and Education (Part 2 of his guide to Career Planning). read more

I recently wrote a couple of posts on my blog on Google's transliteration tools (for 5 Indian languages - Hindi & the 4 languages of S. India), and the recent release of Google's English-Hindi-English automated translation tools which allow a 1-click translation of any web page in English into Hindi.

The implications for the use of the Internet in education in India (in the India not inhabited by the English-speaking population of the Metros) are huge, in my view. read more

Looks like HP is the latest entrant in the "classroom laptop" market. read more

[This article, authored by Ramachandra Guha, was email to me by Arvind Gupta recently. I later found it on the internet as an article that appeared in the Hindu a few years ago (see link). With the stress on grades and exams these days, it is refreshing to read that one of the most influential men of the 20th century was a very mediocre student in school. read more

Hi everyone!

I have created a wiki (http://india-edubloggers.wikispaces.com/) in an effort to compile a list of all edubloggers in India, who blog on individual blogs or group blogs/forums (like this one).

[edublogger n. A person who writes entries in, adds material to, or maintains a weblo read more