Check Out Tweets from Twitter Town Hall on Education and Technology
Silicon Valley in California was buzzing with tweets for education as the first ever Global Education and Technology Forum kicked-off with a Twitter Town Hall featuring Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and Dick Costolo, Twitter CEO. Thousands of questions and tweets poured in from around the world using the #Tech4Ed hashtag.
The forum was live tweeted from @gbceducation with the support of over 100 tech and education executives in the room, along with tech start-ups and on-the-ground education providers joining in via Twitter. The town hall exposed the international challenges we face in education, and showed that creative and efficient tech businesses can do their part to solve some of these problems.
The conversation was ongoing and went beyond the live town hall with panels touching on topics such as data, teacher training, and student learning experiences. Companies such as Dropbox, World Reader, Palantir, Meraki, Coursera, EconetWireless, Pearson and Google were challenged in an open discussion to find technological solutions to educate the 61 million primary-school-aged children who are currently not in school. Peter Diamandis even announced the launch of an X Prize for Global Literacy.
We challenge you to hold them accountable and continue the #Tech4Ed conversation online. Help us advocate for the dire needs of millions of children who cannot go to school and are deprived of a quality education.
The event was co-hosted by Brown, Costolo and Laurene Powell Jobs, advisory board member of the Global Business Coalition for Education and chair of Emerson Collective.
Check out some of the tweets, below!
#Education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty & disease. How can we use tech to deliver it for all children? #Tech4Ed — Partners In Health (@PIH) January 30, 2013
#TECH4ED question: What role can corps & investors fr the developed world play in improving connectivity & bringing schools online? — Firelight Foundation (@FirelightFnd) January 31, 2013
Gordon Brown emphasizes role of technology advancement in solving global education gap. #Tech4Ed @sarahbrownuk — John Tedstrom (@JohnTedstrom) January 31, 2013
We spend $100k/child on education in the West, but just $400 per child in Africa. #Tech4Ed — Amanda Gardiner (@Amanda_Gardiner) January 31, 2013
"It's not just about gadgets. People teach people. Tech is a facilitator." #tech4ed #mobile. — Alex Ticas (@alexticas) January 31, 2013
Gordon Brown notes companies give $8 billion annually to global health but only $500 million to education #Tech4Ed — Chad Bolick (@chadbolick) January 31, 2013
We hope you’ll get involved in helping children learn and grow, and join our conversation on Facebook and Twitter.