Dr Sugata Mitra, a Professor of Educational Technology at the
School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at
Newcastle University, UK, accepted the award - TED's annual
prize of USD 1 million that gives an exceptional individual the
chance to conceive and launch a high-impact project. After
receiving the award, Mitra said he will use the prize to launch
global initiative for self-directed learning releases toolkit
for schools and families to create self-organised learning
environments. "My wish is to help design the future of learning
by supporting children all over the world to tap into their
innate sense of wonder and work together. Help me build the
School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can
embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting
with information and mentoring online," Mitra said. Mitra
developed the concept of the Cloud from his 1999 "hole in the
wall" experiment, in which he carved a hole from his research
center into an adjoining Delhi slum. He pl