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Build a School in the Cloud (22:31) Published by: Ted Talks Added: 2013 YouTube URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud?utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tedspread

Interactive Transcript: https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud/transcript?language=en

What, if anything, stuck out to you? A few things for me:

• Children are hard-wired for learning. The systems in schools are getting in the way.

• Children enjoy learning. Those children were not forced to learn a language or make sense of the tools or topics. They did it because they were curious and it was fun for them to figure it out.

• Children thrive with encouragement. (Granny Cloud!)

• Learning is non-discriminatory (Loved that the younger sibling was teaching the older sibling!)

• Technology is the bridge that closes the great educational access divide. (Hello remote village in India with a computer in a tree, and the kids learning English and a science I'm not an expert in with NO formal educational opportunities or teachers around!)

• We (as a society, culture, etc.) are missing out on so many opportunities that are already available!

Let me share a few of my favorite quotes:

• "Our educational system isn't broken...our educational system is obsolete."

• "We don't want to be spare parts."

-and my absolute favorite-

"It's not about making learning happen, it's about letting learning happen."

(mic drop)