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Category: Talks

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

[ 0 ] April 3, 2010

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can and explains how.

Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time

Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time

[ 0 ] April 3, 2010

Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India’s slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.

Michelle Obama’s plea for education

Michelle Obama’s plea for education

[ 0 ] April 3, 2010

Speaking at a London girls’ school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.