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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F7F5F3" lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You may have seen </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#505050'><a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=dfdb8de276&e=54c47a0b24" target="_self"><span style='color:#EB4102'>Sugata Mitra</span></a>’s</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>presentation on TED Talks. As winner of $1M TED Prize this year he is </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>working to design the School in the Cloud digital platform, a place for learners (children 8-12yo) to explore the SOLE (Self Organized Learning Environment) method and connect with others conducting SOLEs around the world.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Basic Parameters of a SOLE may ring a bell!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Children between choose their own groups of four and their own questions to explore</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Children can look to see what other groups are doing and take that information back to their own group</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kids can move around freely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kids can change groups at any time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Children can talk with each other and discuss with other groups<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Participants have the opportunity to tell their friends what they learned after the SOLE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=f8c1e6f253&e=54c47a0b24" target="_self"><span style='color:red'>SOLE Toolkit</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best wishes, Robyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Robyn Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#8DB3E2'>See</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Change</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C6D9F1'>WA</span></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Communicate, facilitate and educate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>for sustainability</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M: 0424 587 262<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E: <a href="mailto:pov@iinet.net.au">pov@iinet.net.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fremantle ~ Geraldton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Western Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>