Around the World in 30 Days – August 2018
Aug29

Around the World in 30 Days – August 2018

Posted By on Aug 29, 2018

http://mountaintopcampground.com/camper-rental/the-hornet/rental-campers-013/ C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report How can poor children in developing countries acquire reading, writing, and counting skills when there are inadequate qualified teachers and resources? A tablet is helping in Malawi. Onebillion has been bringing numeracy and literacy education to marginalized children in India, Uganda, Malawi and other countries, for 14 years. Their innovative learning app, Onecourse, with its numeracy material...

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The Global Search for Education: Smarter Citizens, Kinder Citizens
Aug11

The Global Search for Education: Smarter Citizens, Kinder Citizens

Posted By on Aug 11, 2018

“Is it possible to study martial arts every day and know how to play the piano by adapting the data and skills we learned in martial arts to the piano? Or what about adapting the skills learned from ballet to cooking?  The answer is yes we can.” — Opher Brayer We’ve seen the big data. The future of work is all about imagination, given that 65% of students in primary school today will end up working in jobs that don’t...

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Around the World in 30 Days – April 2018
Apr29

Around the World in 30 Days – April 2018

C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Nuclear weapons have been used twice in warfare: in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.  As the threat of nuclear warfare drew closer last year, it was announced that Beatrice Fihn and her advocacy group, The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), had won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for their inspiring work behind the first treaty to prohibit nuclear arms.  The...

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The Global Search for Education: Meet the Nuclear Weapons Disruptor – Beatrice Fihn
Apr23

The Global Search for Education: Meet the Nuclear Weapons Disruptor – Beatrice Fihn

“What struck me most was the absurdity, that everyone agrees these weapons should never be used, but we need nuclear weapons so they won’t be used?”  — Beatrice Fihn What can we learn about innovation from those who seek to abolish nuclear weapons? The Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards (TDIA) has named Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Beatrice Fihn a 2018 honoree and the recipient of the first-ever Hersey Prize...

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The Global Search for Education: Meet the Communications Disruptor
Apr21

The Global Search for Education: Meet the Communications Disruptor

“I like to think that we’ll find ways to partner with our AI creations — to enhance life, bringing about more shared equity and prosperity, and to enable humans to connect more deeply with one another.”  — Chris Messina Many know Chris Messina as the guy who invented the Twitter hashtag, but Chris Messina has actually spent the last decade being a game changer with many other innovations including Drupal, Firefox,...

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