Recently theNextWeb approached me about a guest editorial for them on education, given the experiences we’ve had here at Envato with Tuts+. It’s been a long while since I wrote much of anything, so it was exciting to get back into the writer’s chair. In fact it was so nice to be writing again, that I’ve started to revive this here blog! For now I’m mostly using it to link to things I’ve written elsewhere, but will try to build up to actually writing here now and again too. In the meantime, be sure to head to theNextWeb to read my editorial: Will the Internet replace traditional education?. Here’s the first paragraph:
I recently met a principal at the world’s largest school. It was a chance meeting at a community event, so you can imagine my surprise when I asked this warm, humble Indian man what he did, and he proceeded to tell me he was a principal at a school founded by his father, Jagdish Gandhi, that had just completed enrollment of 45,000 students for a single year. As a web guy, I’m used to big numbers. But in this case, we’re talking not about virtual users on a website, but thousands upon thousands of loud, excitable school kids. The City Montessori School in the town of Lucknow, India was very much a bootstrapped startup of its time. Some fifty years ago, a newly married couple set out with just 300 rupees (the equivalent of less than $10) looking to serve humanity through education.
– Continue Reading at TheNextWeb
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