On Feb 3rd, Google launched the "Internet Bus Project". Simply put, this is a campaign to take the internet - quite literally on wheels - right to people in the smaller cities in India who are still not participating in what is now part and parcel of our lives in urban centers. The campaign has been launched in Tamil Nadu where the Bus will visit 15 towns in the next 45 days. read more

Happy New Year, all!

I wanted to share this short audio excerpt (from the PBS podcast channel) which conveys a simple but important message not just for students, but for teachers as well who need to design curricula to reflect the interconnectedness of nature through multi- and inter-disciplinary teaching, or simply put, thematic teaching.

In the podcast, which is an excerpt from Dr. Judah Folkman’s commencement address at Oberlin College in 2002, he talks about how his high school chemistry teacher inspired him to think big and make unlikely connections. read more

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