This article shows the challenge for distance education: Can we offer services to students in war-torn areas and in neighborhoods that are cut off from schools?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/26/syria-children-learn-to-code-raspberry-pi



Here is an example of distance education and hands-on learning.

Leaders in Distance Education can use this example to build programs for children who are not able to attend a traditional school or for students who need additional courses.   See the mission of www.UDEeewana.org

Learn more at EdutechFoundation.net and Transform-Education.com and www.TransformTeaching.org

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A whale that talks?

I RECENTLY posted a comment about "Teachers need to present new information to students -- new to the student's culture."   Here's another example:  an animal who talks?

We know about a gorilla that learned to communicate 

We know about dolphins



What about a beluga whale?   Could this whale have tried to speak human?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/story-one-whale-who-tried-bridge-linguistic-divide-between-animals-humans-180951437/?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=printmagazine&utm_campaign=2014-June&utm_content=beluga

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