Sugata Mitra Revisits PSS to see the making of the first School in the Cloud in Maharashtra

The founder of the School in the Cloud project Prof. Sugata Mitra visited PSS again on 15 July, 2014 to discuss the ongoing construction of the SOLE (Self Organised Learning Environment) room in PSS. He was accompanied by his wife Sushmita Mitra.

Pragat Shikshan Sanstha's Kamala Nimbkar Balbhavan is going to be the 7th School in the Cloud in the world and he first in Maharashtra, As the school in the cloud website describes, the aim of School in the Cloud is to spark creativity, curiosity and wonder in children and inspire them to take control of their own learning. Groups of children can learn almost anything by themselves given internet access and the ability to work as a community and the spaces that make this possible are called Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs).

The ‘Granny Cloud’ activity which was started in KNB a year ago will also be shifted to the new SOLE room and students will be able to see their loving grannies and grandpas on a big screen.

The class 7 presented Pitter Patter: A Rainy Programme. The programme inclused a puppet show, a dance and some songs written by children. Then Prof. Mitra had a chat with students about the concept of SOLE. Many questions came up—why the name granny cloud? Why do grannies volunteer to be grannies? What is ‘Hole in the wall?’ etc.