Projects
A Cool Paradigm Shift in Education
An incredible TED Talk by the famous Salman Khan who just happens to be a very good teacher, especially in math and the sciences. His premise, after posting up youtubes for his cousins to help them with their homework (and then went super viral), is that teachers today could assign youtube videos for homework and … Continue reading
Systems Thinking with the Xavier Boys
The greatest inventors and inventions of our time are necessarily systems- just for the fact that it is not a single invention, but an integration of many inventions that work harmoniously together. Systems such as how water, food, or electricity is delivered, how private and public transport keep a city humming, how computers and telecom … Continue reading
Helping Others, Helping Ourselves
Last week, a group of students from Singapore International School in Hong Kong paid a visit to the Philippines with the intention to help out in the communities that needed a helping hand. Aside from participating in “feeding programmes” for orphanages and community centres, they also organised the library and created important visual aids for … Continue reading
Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate