Posts tagged ‘Education’
The Handbook for Life
Have peace and profits (in that order).
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Eradicate Illiteracy, Really? Yep! Pass It On
For those of you who are passionate about kids and education, I wanted to share something I believe is an amazing mission and goal that XPRIZE launched this week.
XPRIZE strives to make the impossible possible and have tackled some of the world’s grandest challenges. This includes private spaceflight, 100 MPGe cars, oil-cleanup technology and most recently, competitions to go back to the Moon, address ocean acidification, and revolutionize healthcare.
This week a “Global Learning XPRIZE” was launched. This is a $15 million competition to create Open Source software that will teach a child to read, write, and perform basic numeracy within 18 months without the aid of a teacher. (This is not designed to replace teachers, but to provide an educational solution where little or none exists.)
According to UNESCO figures, 250 million kids in the world today lack basic literacy skills. As you can imagine, this XPRIZE could have a profound impact on these kids and bringing nations out of poverty.
An important part of this XPRIZE is a crowdfunding campaign that they are running to raise an additional $500,000 that will go towards furthering the impact and success of the prize. This money will go towards additional testing of the finalist’s technologies with more kids in more villages and towns, building infrastructure to help teams collaborative effectively, growing a global community of developers, designers, advocates and more, and investing in an open technology platform for society that will live on long past the conclusion of this XPRIZE.
I believe this is a tremendously valuable XPRIZE, and I would like to personally encourage you to go and contribute what you can at http://igg.me/at/learningxprize/x – there are a range of perks that might capture your interest too.
You can also get involved in this worthy project yourself; spreading the word, creating a team, sharing your knowledge, simply by going to http://learning.xprize.org/get-involved.
We can do this, and together we can achieve even more!
The Daily GOOD is Really Great
This is one of my FAVORITE new websites! You gotta check it out. Everything on it is GOOD. Now how great is that?
I love today’s article about a traveling Science Lab called The Think Tank. If you’re a fan of experiential education or a proponent of STEM, take a peek. You’re gonna love this!
http://www.good.is/posts/this-mobile-think-tank-will-give-science-experiments-street-cred/
Merge Conference For Women
MERGE!
A 2 day Conference for creative women who want to merge their true passion with their profession.
Sat & Sun, March 2nd & 3rd. in Culver City!
Who is this conference for?
This conference is for women who consider themselves cultural creatives / social artists and are thinking of or in the process of changing into a more fulfilling career! Whether you are creators, designers, artists, storytellers, caregivers, big picture thinkers, career switchers and or corporate executives looking for a change – this conference is for you!
Early Bird Price: $215 (Regular $449)
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Journey to Purpose
I had the privilege of attending the recent Manhattan Beach TEDx Conference Journey to Purpose: Dream. Educate. Thrive. I felt so inspired listening to the speakers that I’ve walked away with a new purpose myself…to cause a transformation in education, to work to move 21st century students out of a 19th century education system, and to put creativity back into learning so that every young person is able to critically think for themselves and develop their innate talents and gifts. But more on that later.
Below are my favorite “nuggets” from the day I feel are worthy of sharing for the greater good:
- Rather than wonder what your purpose is, live a life that’s “on” purpose.
- The first follower makes the lone nut a leader!
- Humans are fundamentally curious.
- We’re in a “knowledge economy” and collaboration is vital.
- “Everything works out in the end. If it isn’t working out, then it isn’t the end.” from Marigold Hotel
What’s your purpose?
queen of connection | Shelby L. Phillips 