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Global Collaboration in Education – Reflections on the 2011 HP Catalyst Summit, New Delhi

by on 03-26-2011 12:23 AM - last edited on 03-26-2011 12:26 AM

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What an amazing experience! Now that I’ve recovered from the jetlag, I am thrilled to report that global collaboration among educators is alive and well. Having just hosted 100+ educators from 11 countries at our Catalyst Summit in New Delhi, I am more energized than ever before that STEM learning and teaching is about to be completely transformed. Let me tell you why…

 

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(image from the side of the Agastya Foundation Mobile Science Lab bus)

 

 

The HP Catalyst Initiative is a bold, new approach to STEM education transformation. It is part of our intentional grant-making strategy to encourage collaboration and break the barriers and silos that hamper education reform – especially in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines.

 

The first barrier is the acronym “STEM”. We need to replace it with something like “STEM+”, because the acronym is missing MANY letters (CS computer science, A&C arts and creativity, L&C literacy and communication, etc etc), and the disciplines are not disconnected as the acronym implies.

 

The second barrier to overcome a narrow, local view of learning. Our students are graduating into a global, flat, competitive world that requires the ability to navigate across timezones, cultures, and languages. Global Collaboration is a critical skill set for all students in the 21st century.

 

For this reason, the 2011 HP Catalyst Summit gives me reason to be hopeful. Educators from across the world were busy sharing their excitement and finding common ground in their efforts to improve learning and teaching. The HP Catalyst projects are exciting enough (you can download the “poster” book from the summit) – but the interconnections and collaborations are even MORE exciting.

 

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If you’d like to follow the excitement, you can follow the network as they blog and tweet (#hpcatalyst) about their emerging innovations. I will also be sharing specific project innovations here in this blog in the weeks and months ahead.

 

In the meantime, feel free to enjoy a short video collage of the 2011 HP Catalyst Summit in New Delhi. More images are available on Flickr (tag hpcatalyst).

 

Enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuGcW80M3o

 

 

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Jim Vanides, B.S.M.E, M.Ed.
Education Program Manager
HP Office of Global Social Innovation
Hewlett-Packard

www.hp.com/go/socialinnovation
Follow me on Twitter @jgvanides

 

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by teacher resources(anon) on 05-10-2011 06:01 AM
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I can prove that there are incresasing number of HP are in the campus, not only in the lab but also around some corners in students' hand.But I wish that there can be a HP service center to be set up here in Melbourne soon.

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  • Jim Vanides is a member of the HP Office of Global Social Innovation, responsible for worldwide education philanthropy strategy and programs. This includes the 2010 HP Catalyst Initiative (www.hp.com/go/hpcatalyst) and the 2009 HP Innovations in Education initiative, a $20M investment reaching schools, colleges, and universities in 26 countries. In addition to authoring the blog, “Teaching, Learning, and Technology in Higher Education” (www.hp.com/go/hied-blog) he is a contributing author on the K12 education blog, Guide to Digital Learning Environments (www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog). In his "spare" time, Jim teaches an online course for Montana State University on the Science of Sound (www.scienceteacher.org), a masters-level, conceptual physics course for teachers in grades 5 through 8. Jim’s past work at HP has included engineering design, engineering management, and program management in R&D, Manufacturing, and Business Development. He holds a BS in Engineering and a MA in Education, both from Stanford University.
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