Posts tagged education

If you have’nt already seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk about “Changing education paradigms” , I highly recommend that you do so. The talk emphasizes the need for changing the way we think about delivering education to kids today. We live in an age where information is being fed to us at a rate that is far greater than what we can absorb. Technology has revolutionized the way information is distributed and consumed. It is almost ironic that the biggest and the most important information distribution industry should be the one that lags in the adoption of this information revolution. I am talking about the education industry here.

Today, more than ever before we need a better online education ecosystem where educators, publishers, start-ups, investors and think-tanks come together to define policies, processes, technologies and tools to set the stage for the future of education.

Wisekangaroo is a brick-in-the-wall for this education ecosystem. Wisekangaroo is an e-learning marketplace that wants to reshape the education delivery model by connecting educators and students and giving them tools to connect, communicate and collaborate using the latest internet technologies. On Wisekangaroo, students find online tutors who use online video communication tools to make learning fun and interesting. Wisekangaroo is currently in Beta and is COMPLETELY FREE to sign up and use.    

Watch this space for some exciting stuff that will be coming out in the next few weeks.

Atul Pandey.

(Founder Wisekangaroo)