So that's a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they're obsolete. 这里会引来热烈的讨论。我是说我们所知道的学校已经过时了。 I'm not saying they're broken. It's quite fashionable to say that the educat
Well, I bumped into this whole thing completely by accident. 一个偶然的机会让我想到这一切。 I used to teach people how to write computer programs in New Delhi, 14 years ago. 我从前教人写电脑程序，那是14年前在新德里的时候。 And right next
I came back to England looking for British grandmothers. 我回到英国找当地的老太太们。 I put out notices in papers saying, if you are a British grandmother, if you have broadband and a web camera, can you give me on
When they saw me, they said, "We want a faster processor and a better mouse." 当他们看到我时，他们说：“我们想要更快一点的处理器和更好一点的鼠标。” So I said, "How on Earth do you know all this?" 我说：“你们到底是怎么知道全部这些的？” And they said som
So I tested them. I got an educational impossibility, zero to 30 percent in two months in the tropical heat with a computer under the tree in a language they didn't know doing something that's a decad
So here are a couple of images from SOLEs. 这里有一些自主教育环境的图像。 I've tried incredible, incredible questions -- "When did the world begin? How will it end?" — to nine-year-olds. 我尝试问过一些非常惊人的问题——“世界是从什么时候开始的
But I was curious to know, what else would they do if they could do this much? 但我好奇地是，他们既已达到如此水平还能干些别的什么？ I started experimenting with other subjects, among them, for example, pronunciation. 我开始在他们中间用
The children came running in. It was three feet off the ground, and they said, "What is this?" 孩子们跑了进来。电脑离地面有3英尺，他们问：“这是什么？” And I said, "Yeah, it's, I don't know. So..." 我说：“唔，这是……我不知道。” They said, "
It's been tried all over the world, and teachers sort of stand back and say, "It just happens by itself?" 在世界各地尝试过，老师们后退着说：“它就这么自己发生了？” And I said, "Yeah, it happens by itself.""How did you know that?
The children came rushing, said, "What's all this?" 孩子们涌了过来问：“这些都是什么？” So I said, "It's very topical, very important. But it's all in English." 我说：“这些都是热门的，重要的东西。但都是英文写的。” So they said, "How can we un
What is going to be the future of learning? 未来学习是什么样子的？ I do have a plan, but in order for me to tell you what that plan is, I need to tell you a little story, which kind of sets the stage. 我有个计划，但是为了
