Raising EdTech! An Entrepreneurial Journey
I started TeachPitch as an initiative to give a voice to teachers. A voice that they could use to ‘pitch’ directly to a community for support of any sort – from donations for a new school computer, valuable connections with other educators up to direct access to high quality learning content. Previously I had been speaking a […]
Shrinking the Education Gap to Lift the Economy
This article is part of a series on innovative solutions to tackle the main challenges of Latin American education (part 7 of 7). While the world advances towards a knowledge-driven society, and thus a knowledge-driven economy, global value chains are becoming increasingly complex and the “internet of things“ and the sharing economy are blurring traditional forms of employment and […]
Can Great Technologies Replace Great Teaching?
Technology is far from new. In the history of mankind, we have devised better ways to work, live and learn. Since the invention of the wheel, and even before, human creativity and innovation have met no limits. We have conquered travel around the planet and even outside of it. We can communicate and work with […]
Swimming With Sharks: Don’t Let Fears Limit Your Collaborations
I am privileged to live next to one of the most beautiful beaches in South Africa. However False Bay is also home to one of the biggest and most ‘active’ populations of Great White sharks in the world. So no matter how welcoming the azure sea is on a hot day, I will not even […]
Should Basic Entrepreneurship Education Be Compulsory?
In a time when the value of higher education is being questioned due to a general increment in tuition costs, the infamous skills-gap, the flood of articles about successful college dropouts and the recent craze for startups, entrepreneurship is, without question, a hot topic. Why go to a four-year college when you can start your own business? But despite […]
Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship Education in Tunisia
Special Focus : Education for Peace and Development Entrepreneurship is not a hype nor is it a trend; it’s been around for thousands of years. But today, it’s definitely trendy to become an entrepreneur. While telling people that you’re an entrepreneur, lets people look at you with that special wide-eyed admiration, the path from your first entrepreneurial […]
Innovative Education: the Path to Modern Citizenship in the Arab World
It is a well known fact that the pivotal challenge in today’s Arab world is how to ensure an efficient education which will be able to provide students with varied technical and intellectual skills such as critical thinking, ability to synthesize, ICT competences, entrepreneurship and, at the same time, foster an innovative culture including modern […]
Why Is Education the Key to Peace and Prosperity?
The new world economic order is characterized by a knowledge-based economic system, the rapid pace of technological changes, and the globalization of markets. These characteristics have made human capital the main determinant of the competiveness of companies and countries; they have opened new opportunities for countries with limited natural resources. In addition, they enable young entrepreneurs […]
Creativity: the Key to Unlocking the Potential of EdTech
Whenever I get a new device, be it a phone, tablet or notebook, I spend the first few hours customising every setting possible and a few things that probably shouldn’t be customisable! For me “accepting the default setting” is an anathema. That device has to reflect me, my needs and priorities. Leaving anything on factory […]
Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: the Best Way to Tackle Education Quality?
This article is part of a series on innovative solutions to tackle the main challenges of Latin American education (part 6 of 7). Across Latin America, there is broad agreement on the region’s education challenges. Everyone from corporations to unions point to poor early childhood development, high school dropout rates, worryingly low student performance even as enrollment rises, reduced […]