TRIM TAB-Ed

TEAMSUSTAINABLE FUTURE

“World Transformation begins from the Roots: Interactive Education”

March 29th, 2011

Johanny Perez Gustavo West

www.trimtab-ed.weebly.com/

Inter-active Education is…EXPERIENCE & INTER-CONNECTION

TRIMTAP-Ed is an interactive academic network, in which students may modulate projects virtually to the classes, and also enjoy the time they perform their tasks, through applications such as: "TUTOR"- the cartoon of a famous artist, which, to click, they can

search. At one margin, to look for users who are connected, with whom

they can chat. When a student is well below the average, it will send a note

(personal mail) on how to gain the qualification, ie. the opportunities that follow.

Every 45 minutes, it leaves a message in front of the whole screen including a break for the student, according to the time invested, indicating options for the same

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Benefits: 1) to transform existing educational systems to self-directed learning models, stimulating students' self-management and promoting their own responsibility to learn as well, promoting the pursuit of knowledge both group, and virtually. 2) students, can share with others the same or different classes / grades some of the problems they have to find solutions, it will improve student organization, it is a local platform.

This initiative will impact on the sustainability of a better world - to simulate early projects based on technical / scientific principles, reducing potential negative impacts to society, generate local jobs: internet cafes, for example; allows students to move closer to actual industrial problems, providing solutions through their virtual projects.

Insights for the FUTURE of Inter-active Ed

Featured People

What role education plays to deal with

world challenges by 2030?

How to reshape education to be more part of the

solution?

Do you think FUN could enhance

educational models?

Hazel HendersonFuturist,

an economic iconoclast. TV producer

and writer

A crucial one. Humans need to learn how planet operates. It is needed an interdisciplinary education, allowing self learning.

Including experiential education, students follow their own needs, sparkle students to understand their purpose in live.

Yes, about maximixing each one potential, learning and understanding students place in the world.

Talia ArnowUndergraduate

Skidmore College

This can help to understand differences, giving tools to live as a community.

Making it multidisciplinary, integrating everything, thus students can get bigger conclusions.

If no, who is going to do that?/ Th e way we are learning should matches our needs.

José A. ZaglulPresident of

EARTH University

Well directed, this is the most important tool for development.

It should be transformed in a way students do not see a stressful and boring system, instead it motivates them.

Definitely, fun as making education more interesting, and make students get more curiuous and desire to learn.

Further responses at: www.trimtab-ed.weebly.com/

Featured People

What role education plays to deal with

world challenges by 2030?

How to reshape education to be more part of the

solution?

Do you think FUN could enhance

educational models?

Michael Ben-EliFounder of the Sustainability

Laboratory

Litteracy issues are basics for sustainability. If people do not understand the nature of challenges in the world, we will be really difficult to tackle them.

It should begin from kindergarden, promoting solid-aware stable citizens of the planet. Education should be connnected with actual doing, experiantial and finding solutions with others.

Fun could be a tremendous energizer force to promote development. People could be more creative when having fun.

Cecilia Jiménez V.National Advisor

Minister of Public EducationCosta Rica

In search of a world more livable and more just "education plays a major role for the revival of ethical and cultural aspects that it encourages each person.

The educational process should be based on the integral development of individuals and groups whose skills are focused on the daily life of values and attitudes that reflect a cultural environment.

Perhaps that it is possible to incorporate the sense of playfulness to the educational activities and teaching mediation as a means to make the teaching-learning process more accessible to learners.

Insights for the FUTURE of Inter-active EdFurther responses at: www.trimtab-ed.weebly.com/

Our Visionary PartnerSir Ken Robinson

He is a well recognized leader in the development of creativity and innovation in education globally.

He has gained a huge experience working with a wide variety of actors of the educational sector: national governments, international agencies, NGO´s, schools, among others.

The Team has already sent him a letter of request to get an interview with him, which we expect to develop in the period of Apr 21 - Jun 15, 2011. Besides the letter, we will also try making some calls for introducing ourselves and the purpose of having the interview.

“Sustainable Future” TEAM Questions to Sir Ken Robinson1. What factors do you think impede a transition to a creative education?2. Do you think economical system will transform at same speed as this new paradigm in education? How can we handle it?3. How do you link this new paradigm in education with a sustainable development?4. What do you think would be required to definitely pass from a theory to a fact to establish a creative educational model?5. Could you please, give us an example of what should be a model of creative education? Do you include internet resources?6. What suggestion/ message/ advice do you send to young people of the 21st century that have in the hands the power to reshape the upcoming future?

We aspire to interview: