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Self-teaching students experiment wins $1 million 2013 TED prize
From the Vancouver Sun: “Sugata Mitra, an educator whose “hole in the wall” experiment in India discovered how children collectively can teach themselves complex issues, has won the $1-million 2013 TED Prize. Mitra said he will use the prize, awarded for high-impact projects, to launch a global initiative for self-directed learning that builds on his […]
A Look at “Self-Organized Learning Environments”
Sugata Mitra, winner of the $1,000,000 2013 TED Prize is using the money to build a School in the Cloud where children will direct their own learning. To read the full Vancouver Sun article (written by Jeff Lee), please click here.
Controversial Fraser Institute’s school ranking is out
From News 1130: “This year’s report card is out, and once again, private and independent institutions dominate the Fraser Institute’s ranking of BC’s elementary schools. The right-wing policy group puts out the list every year. It is pored over by parents, but should you make a decision based solely on these rankings? That’s where the […]
Shortlists for the Canadian Library Association Book Awards announced
The Canadian Library Association is proud to announce the shortlists for the 2013 CLA Book Awards here: Book of the Year for Children Award Shortlist Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Shortlist Young Adult Book Award The winners will be announced for the Book of the Year for Children Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award and […]
Attend today’s FIRE Talk and be entered to win a $50 gift card!
FIRE Talks are a new series of interdisciplinary research discussions and exchanges run by graduate students for graduate students. They are operated out of the new Graduate Research Commons and provide an opportunity for graduate students (and faculty, staff and undergrads) to share and discuss their own research or ideas relating a significant range of […]
On the Importance of Coding
Code.org is a non-profit organization committed to growing computer programming education. The founders (Hadi and Ali Partovi) published an article in today’s Huff Post Education that argued that one of the ways to fix the (American) economy is to teach students how to code. What do you think?
New Book Roundup
Highlighting a few new books at the Education Library… “This dual language book gives us an in-depth look at what is happening in diverse classrooms in Canada, and how teachers are making a difference in their students lives. More than thirty powerful vignettes take us into the hearts and minds of exemplary educators, as they […]
Vancouver School Board looking to find approval for student school trustees
A recent article in 24 Hours Vancouver reports that Vancouver is considering having student school trustees who could bring motions forward and actually vote on them. Student trustees have been in Ontario school systems since 1997. From the article: “Students should have the ability to introduce policy in B.C. school districts, according to Vancouver School […]
Three upcoming FIRE Talks that may be of interest to graduate students
Last fall UBC Library – in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology – initiated FIRE Talks: Facilitated Interdisciplinary Research Exchange. FIRE Talks are intended to provide graduate students with an opportunity to present their research to an audience of their peers and then engage in an […]
Picture book maker and artist Oliver Jeffers talks about being influenced by Maurice Sendak
There is an interesting blog in The Guardian by Award winning author Oliver Jeffers and how much he was influenced by Maurice Sendak. “There is a reason the character of the Boy in my first picture books wears a red and white stripy jumper, and that reason is Maurice Sendak. Or, more specifically, that reason […]