From: voting-faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:voting-faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kay Beck-Benton Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:13 PM To: faculty - Mailing List; cs-grads - Mailing List Subject: FW: Intel Research Seattle Seminar: Wed, Aug 27 |4:00 PM| Randy Wang on The Digital StudyHall Please forward to your talk distribution lists - Thank you! ________________________________ On behalf of Intel Research Seattle, we would be pleased to have you join us for light refreshments and tea to meet our guest speaker and audience at 3:30pm. Talk will start promptly at 4:00pm.. We look forward to having you join us. The Digital StudyHall Randy Wang MSR India Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 4:00 - 5:00pm Abstract: Digital StudyHall (DSH) seeks to improve education for poor children in slum and rural schools in India. In a nutshell, think of its technical approach as the educational equivalent of YouTube + Netflix + Kazaa. We digitally record live classes by the best grassroots teachers, transmit them on the "Postmanet" (effected by DVDs sent in the postal system), collect them in a large distributed database, and distribute them on DVDs to poor rural and slum schools. Education experts and teachers use the system to explore pedagogical approaches involving local teachers actively "mediating" the video lessons. By harvesting a "viral phenomenon" of community participation, DSH aims to help train teachers and deliver quality instruction to underprivileged children. The project is a collaboration between computer scientists and education experts. Intel Research Seattle Host: David Wetherall ***** Intel Research Seattle Seminar ***** All seminars will take place at Intel Research Seattle (1100 NE 45th Street, 6th Floor-at the corner of 45th & 11th in the U-district). Location information is on our website at: http://www.seattle.intel-research.net/contact.php