Community Children and the Community 26 Jan 2010 It is oft repeated that it takes a village to raise a child. As parents, in the mad rush of drop-offs, pick-ups, office angst and social engagements, we tend to…
Educational Videos Ken Robinson – Do Schools Kill Creativity 12 Dec 2009 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Courtesy: TED
Education The Labeled Child 9 Dec 2009 Anyone with a heart or with children must read this, reflect and begin the journey of empathy and respect for ALL kids! The Labeled Child I pray for the labeled…
Education… Technology – a good slave but poor master 17 Nov 2009 Yesterday I read about an alarming piece of news about the seemingly harmless iPods corrupting the minds and souls of our children. That made me step back and think about…
Education Playing to Learn, Learning to Play 3 Nov 2009 Playing and learning are synonymous for children. Children of all ages develop cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically through play. Play provides them with an opportunity to create, invent, reason and…
Internationalism… Ruminations of students-past and present 12 Oct 2009 So far, we have used this space to highlight issues pertaining to education, voiced from our perspective. It is time to create some space for the primary stakeholders of our…
Education The debate on Digital Literacy 5 Oct 2009 Here is a very interesting debate on "Is technology destroying our ability to write or reviving it? The new age of digital communication" featuring four prominent members of the North America's education…
Education… Eat, Pray, Love 1 Oct 2009 India is a land of many, many contradictions. Since ancient times foreigners have been fascinated by India who have come here to find themselves, or religion, or something equally important.…
e-learning… Innovation in educational technology. Why not? 16 Sep 2009 The size of the global education industry, defined as all the money spent by governments, individuals, and corporations on education and training, is almost three times the size of the…
Education… Teachers are not what they used to be! 31 Aug 2009 Over the last few weeks I have had the privilege of speaking with a few heads of school. I have known some of them from the time they were teachers…