Case Study: Minimally Invasive Education through Social Play with Dr. Sugata Mitra.
Creativity and play are closely connected, and play can be a form to arrive at collaborative creativity.
In this session, Dr Sugata Mitra, known from the 'Hole in the Wall' project, will share with us how Indian children have explored new technology and found compelling ways to use it- PICNIC
Bio
Bruno Giussani
Bruno Giussani is a Swiss writer, entrepreneur, idea generator and conference producer.
He is a contributor to several publications in Europe and the US (The Economist, IHT, L'Hebdo, Il Sole-24Ore, etc), and writes the EuroScan column for BusinessWeek Online. He is also the European Director of the TED conferences (www.ted.com) and a member of the advisory board of Picnic; the author of several books, including "Roam: Making Sense of the Wireless Internet "(Random House); and a member of the boards of directors of Tinext and Namics, two Swiss Internet consultancies. He is a 2004 Knight Fellow at the Department of Communication of Stanford University. He blogs at www.LunchOverIP.com.
Sugata Mitra
Dr Sugata Mitra is a long time teacher and a scientist of international repute, best known for his 'Hole in the wall' project.
A long time teacher and a scientist of international repute, Dr Mitra has over 25 inventions and first-time applications, in the areas of Cognitive Science, Information Science and Educational Technology, to his credit.
Known all over the world for his Hole-in-the-wall experiment that provides Internet access and uses Minimally Invasive methodology to teach Computers to young children, Dr Mitra is also the winner of 'Man for Peace Award' from US-based Together for Peace Foundation and 'Social Innovation Award' from the UK based think tank, Institute for Social Inventions. He is also the Fellow of the World Technology Network and a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences.