Education +
Innovation

When I was in grade school, and when I taught 4th grade, we would team up with another 4th grade class from another city, state, etc. and write letters, work on projects, etc. With WebEx, you can take this concept to a whole new world where the…

We always hear that the best way to demonstrate knowledge of a topic is to teach someone else. Let’s help children share their passion of a topic that they are experts on by teaching other children around the country and perhaps around the…

Kids are often at home challenged with questions they have on their homework. They call a friend, then another. Great thinking happens when kids collaborate on strategic answers. Having an online venue for kids to meet after school and work…

I have created a gaming platform that helps kids to have fun thinking critically while affirming concepts of math and grammar. I have a theory that if you approach learning as a gamer, the knowledge transfer happens faster and is retained by the…

Make it possible for students from different countries to have virtual spaces and online interactions, create projects and interact together, for new ways of learning and creativity, and to learn what life is like in other countries.

To me, the chance to participate in elections is a tremendous privilege and should be celebrated by business and government declaring our National Election Day a national holiday. This would underscore the importance of our national elections, and…

My son became so bored in school when he could passs his grade level in match and science, and yet he had to stay behind. Elementary children should be able to qualify out of a subject at a grade level, and move to the next higher grade level for…

Allow students to have a flexible schedule and learn in new ways. Allow them to self study and learn from leaders in the community, instead of being stuck in a school building. This would save on energy costs at the schools and allow students to…

Allowing parents who may not be able to attend conferences do so from work. This would also allow both parents to attend as well, because often times it one or the other due to busy schedules.

There should be more exchange programmes in schools. So the students learn more about the different cultures for instance.

My idea is that all foreign languages should be teached by native speakers.

I believe that WebEx technology can be used to display children’s books through a virtual “storytime” for children all around the world. The meetings could be hosted by parents and teachers across the world, and be set up at…

Not everyone is lucky enough to have great teachers to guide them. Many places don’t even have schools. Providing educational experts online via the Internet at centers globally could help bring education to children’s lives and promote…

I think the idea of global warming should be more stressed in education around the world, since it affects everyone on the planet. Everyone should at least know what global warming is, so global warming education is needed.

NASA’s budget for 2009 is estimated to be $17.6 billion. The US Military budget for 2009 is $515.4 billion. According to WFP it only costs $3 billion to feed every hungry school child for a year…

There is a big need that the less fortunate countries should be introduced with the “C” of collaboration, I think this is our responsibility to be the best for the world “Cisco’s Vision”. Most of the countries still…

let’s produce a list of key concepts which enable leaps of understanding in different academic subjects, life skills or any area which helps learners develop understanding. BUT we need also to describe an online experience which helps develop…

I have always believed that, if there have been good mentors during the education cycle of kids who can help them , motivate them on the right track not just to finish their schools, but also to help them to acheive the goal of what they want to be…

Americans are notorious for a poor grasp of foreign languages, so let’s make all of our public schools bi-lingual—teach in English and Spanish or English and Chinese etc.

Why not sponsor school children from developing countries to take a trip within their country to see places of historical, political, cultural, and religious significance? This would increase their knowledge and help them connect to their studies…

Try and increase the education using Webex and Web 2.0 tools. Use of video should be predominant. What you get from this: 1) Travel reduction : Environmental friendly 2) Can easily larger audience which are in small towns. 3) Can be referred…

I would like to see interpersonal communication and relationship skills taught as early as elementary school. With the explosion of digital based communication like SMS, twitter, and Facebook, I think introducing and maturing these skills are more…

Students should be allowed to evaluate their teachers. Then taking the evaluations into consideration, the school board should then have unannounced evaluations for those teachers. This allows for the school board to evaluate a teacher in his or…

My idea is to produce audio data [ mp3,CDs etc. ] with vocabulary of a language on it with the translation to the own language. So you can learn by hearing any time and every where. In the bus, by sleeping, by eating etc.