Houston A+ Challenge Events
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Will Richardson: Using the Power of Connections to Transform EducationFebruary 22, 2012 | Greater Houston Area Red CrossRight now, if we have access and the skills to take advantage of it, the Web gives us an easy connection to the people and the resources that we need to learn whatever we want to learn, when we want to learn it. That fact challenges the fundamental premise that we’ve held about schools for over 100 years -- namely, that information and teachers were scarce. Today, they are anywhere we have a connection. |
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Sir Ken Robinson: Out of Our Minds - Learning to be CreativeMarch 20, 2012 | Wortham Center, Cullen TheaterPresented by The Progressive Forum, in Association with Rice University Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) and Houston A+ Challenge One of the world’s leading thinkers on creativity, education, and the human potential, Sir Ken Robison says, “Most people simply don’t discover what they’re capable of.” Sir Robinson’s TED talks have been seen by over 200 million people in over 150 countries. |
