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Date: 2008/8/29
Subject: This week: How kids teach themselves
To: karounos [ at ] mail [ dot ] ntua [ dot ] gr
This week on TED.com, *Sugata Mitra* talks about the "Hole in
the Wall" project -- where kids in an Indian neighborhood figured out (on
their own) how to use a PC and mouse, and then taught their friends. We've
all seen kids do things like this, figuring out a new toy or the universal
remote, but Mitra asks the next logical question: How can traditional
schools harness the immense power of children to teach one another?
Also this week, watch *John Q. Walker* "re-perform" great piano pieces, with
software that brings greats like Art Tatum back to life. Blogger *Ory
Okolloh* tells the moving, personal story of how she committed herself to
making Kenya a better place for her family. From last week, check out
physicist *Patricia Burchat*, who is searching the universe for dark matter
and dark energy. It's a mind-expanding topic that she explains clearly. And
*National Geographic* photography director *David Griffin* talks about the
powerful ways that photographs can connect us.
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* Can kids teach
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Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his "Hole in the Wall"
project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own
-- and then taught other kids. Given this, he asks, what else can children
teach themselves and each other? *Watch this talk
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*Ory Okolloh:<http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eted%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%2Ftalks%2Fory%5Fokolloh%5Fon%5Fbecoming%5Fan%5Factivist%2Ehtml&tempid=124edbcf1f8b4a208921e5ce4695fe78&mailid=c65aeb84e0a6457d9cd59e100c75da22>
* The making of an African
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Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came
to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament. *Watch
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* Re-performing great
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Imagine hearing great, departed pianists like Glenn Gould and Art Tatum play
again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how
recordings can be analyzed for precise keystrokes and pedal motions, then
played back on computer-controlled grand pianos. *Watch this talk
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*Patricia Burchat:<http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eted%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%2Ftalks%2Fpatricia%5Fburchat%5Fleads%5Fa%5Fsearch%5Ffor%5Fdark%5Fenergy%2Ehtml&tempid=124edbcf1f8b4a208921e5ce4695fe78&mailid=c65aeb84e0a6457d9cd59e100c75da22>
* The search for dark energy and dark
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Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our
universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe
between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is
immense. *Watch this talk
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*David Griffin:<http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eted%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%2Ftalks%2Fdavid%5Fgriffin%5Fon%5Fhow%5Fphotography%5Fconnects%2Ehtml&tempid=124edbcf1f8b4a208921e5ce4695fe78&mailid=c65aeb84e0a6457d9cd59e100c75da22>
* How photography connects us with the
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The photo director for *National Geographic*, David Griffin knows the power
of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious
images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories. *Watch
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