19.9.10

Two nutshell notes

One: My new website is here.

Two: After assisting a friend teach Greek to a class of 19 children, aged 7-10, I can openly profess to be smitten. Their energy seemed to be torn between engaging with the blackboard and creating a small tornado around us. While I can look to my cup of espresso for a similar experience, there's something pretty marvelous about that raw supply of energy.

On a slightly similar note, here's scientist Sugata Mitra, who has some incredible things to say about the future of education as a self-organised system:

1 comment:

  1. Bookmarked!

    ...and TED Talks often are quite inspiring. Let's make things better than they are.

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