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Have a question for them? Post it here. From Plato to Aurobindo, from Vygotsky to Montessori, centuries of educational thinking have vigorously debated a central pedagogical question: How do we spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder in children? But those who philosophized pre-Google were prevented from wondering just how the Internet might influence the contemporary answer to this age Computer in Delhi slum wall leads to million dollar TED prize.

Parcak is the first TED Fellow to receive the prestigious prize in its eleven-year history. A professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham — where she founded the Laboratory for Global Observation — and a National Geographic Fellow , Parcak gained international attention for satellite mapping all of Egypt and unearthing 17 potential unknown pyramids adding to the known ones , 1, tombs and 3, settlements.

She and her team have since uncovered thousands of additional ancient sites across Europe, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic, and also have used satellite technology to map extensive looting in post-Revolution Egypt. The talk will be broadcast for free via tedlive. I am committed to using this Prize to engage the world in finding and protecting these global sites.

While pursuing Egyptology at Yale, she took a remote sensing class with his work in mind and began to wonder if modern technology could also be applied to archaeology. While a Ph.

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