Sugata Mitra's presentation at the
Lift '07 conference, reporting what he found out when he left computers in rural areas in India. Skip one-third of the presentation to get to the main bits. "Primary education can happen on its own," Mitra concludes.
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This is pretty amazing. I wonder though how much of the results are cultural in origin though, but nevertheless, I thought this was fascinating stuff.
ReplyDeletegood point. that didn't cross my mind. at any rate, just think of the possibilities that the $100 laptop can bring about.
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