<p>In a basement on the Florida State University campus, one of the world's foremost scientists is working to ignite a revolution. But Sir Harold Kroto's mission isn't the overthrow of a government; instead, he is making use of modern technology to launch what he calls a "revolution" in the way schoolchildren all over the world are taught about science.</p>
<p>In a career spanning more than four decades, Kroto has scaled the heights of scientific achievement. But for his latest challenge, the FSU chemistry professor, English knight and Nobel laureate is developing new ways of using the Internet to get children all over the world excited about science—and willing to work together to address some of humanity's most pressing problems.</p>
<p>Kroto, FSU's Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry, has launched an educational initiative he calls GEO, short for "Global Educational Outreach." Using relatively inexpensive "capture station" technology, Kroto, with FSU colleagues, is creating his own science programs, complete with video feeds, photos, graphics and PowerPoint presentations, and then making them accessible via the Internet to classrooms all over the world. The immediate focus, he said, is not the students, but their teachers, who can be empowered by having access to the best teaching materials worldwide, all packaged for immediate use in the classroom.
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For the complete article, see: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/news/2007/01/23/science.education/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/news/2007/01/23/science.education/</a></p>