Cristóbal Cobo

Cristóbal Cobo November 8, 2020

A garden of innovations that are blooming

HundrED 2020 Innovation Summit is an annual conference celebrated in Finland. Every year, HundrED selects 100 of the most inspiring education innovators from around the world. The HundrED Innovation Summit brings together these innovators with educators, policymakers, funders, and education enthusiasts. This year the summit…

Cristóbal Cobo October 20, 2020

Can technology help teachers to mitigate the impact of COVID?

©VincentTremeau, World Bank. In 2020, World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO celebrated teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”. However, this day is unlike any other. During 2020, teachers are facing challenging times. We accepted this invitiation to recognize the work they do…

Cristóbal Cobo August 14, 2020

Are we ready to jump?

[This interview is brought from the time machine into the COVID world] We talked with Cristóbal Cobo, senior education and technology specialist, former director of Studies Center Foundation Ceibal, who was research associate for ten years at the Oxford Internet Institute, and associate at the…

Cristóbal Cobo July 12, 2020

10 ideas para reimaginar la docencia

Apoyar a los estudiantes al desarrollo de habilidades metacognitivas, reducir el número de clases sincrónicas y pensar en más tecnologías, fueron consejos de Cristóbal Cobo a docentes. El investigador especialista en tecnologías y educación impartió una charla en la cual planteó que la enseñanza remota…

Cristóbal Cobo June 13, 2020

Interview: " I would never replace a good teacher with technology."

Interview source: DigitalFutureSociety.com "During their interactions with others children learn that they need to self-regulate emotions, ideas, and desires in a way that allows them to coexist in society." Dr. Cristóbal Cobo works in the Global Education Technology (Edtech) team at the World Bank, where…