In many geographies, the last days have brought families together during what used to be the regular working hours. The pandemic at a global scale kept home more than a half of the total number of students around the world. …
Ceibal Center
An agency of innovation in technology and pedagogy at the service of the education system The Ceibal Center was created in 2007 as a plan for inclusion and equal opportunities in order to support Uruguayan education policies with technology. Since …
Leap Learning Apps, Labs and Hotspots – Unique Solutions for Unique Learners
Leap Learning is a Norwegian ed-tech company that believes quality education is key to development and that technology can contribute to unique solutions to reach unique learners. Education is a fundamental right of all children and youth. However, many countries …
What’s the magic about makerspaces?
Education landscapes are progressively becoming territories filled with crackling ideas and a hand full of apparent innovative practices that are disseminated as panaceas for the challenges and opportunities learners are having to deal with. Makerspaces, Innovation Labs, Project Hubs are …
Building Bridges through a Quality Education
Education symbolises the dreams, hopes, desires and aspirations of children, their parents, their extended families and their communities. Education is the route out of poverty towards healthier, more productive and stronger communities. The challenge brought by the United Nations embodied …
Projects, Technology and the Imperative of Change
Considering the events linked to Education, namely those focusing on pedagogical innovation and the use of technologies in learning, it is common to talk about skills for the 21st century and the need to prepare students for the challenges of …
Expanding the classroom to an ever-changing world
Reshaping learning environments into makerspaces The design of a formal learning space is embedded in a hand full of premises and promises about what Education should look like and respond to. Political, economic, societal, and local communities’ interests mingle in …
A Moment of Sharing – Changemaking: the power of Education to create deeper social impact
Follow the link and read the article: https://medium.com/@laura.c.hay/a-school-culture-of-changemaking-e9996e79269f “If we want young people to grow up to be empathic, problem-solvers who know how to work in teams and lead change, then we have to create opportunities for them to practice. …
Techy classrooms
We are surrounded by technology. We use it every day when texting, playing games, scrolling social media feeds or watching TV. Technology is a powerful tool and we rely on it. So how can we, teachers, incorporate it in our …
Legion of creative thinkers wanted!
The constant, somewhat frenetic, transformation we face today in our lives is challenging the framework of our education systems; meaning it is challenging how we educate our children. Sir Ken Robinson advocates that is urgent to cultivate creativity and acknowledge …
