Sugata Mitra: Indian kids teach themselves to use a computer

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Sugata Mitra: Indian kids teach themselves to use a computer

Thu, 11/06/2008 - 17:56 — harvey

Sociology
Technology
Presentation/Lecture
English
Hole in the Wall
ICT in education
India
Minimally Invasive Education
Slums
Sugata Mitra
15-30 minutes

Can children learn how to use a computer without any help from adults? Sugata Mitra discusses his experiments in India and the surprising results.

Category: Sociology, Technology	Video type: Presentation/Lecture
	Tags: Hole in the Wall, ICT in education , India, Minimally Invasive Education, Slums, Sugata Mitra

Original description:
http://www.ted.com Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on th...