IP: "Lessons from an Indian village"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:24:52 -0700
> From: "R.P. Aditya" <aditya () grot org>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: "Lessons from an Indian village"
> Reply-To: "R.P. Aditya" <aditya () grot org>
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> Dave,
>
> Possibly interesting for IP readers; TV is the model for most people's
> Internet usage...
>
> From:
>
> http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT33IP6T2PC&live=true&tagid=YYY9BSINKTM&useoverridetemplate=IXLZHNNP94C
>
> with a bit more detail at:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1718/docs/children.html
>
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> Lessons from an Indian village
>
> The advocate of computer-based education believes computer skills can be
> picked up by anyone, anywhere, writes Fiona Harvey
>
> Published: July 12 2001 18:20GMT
>
> A group of children crowd around a small, dusty concrete structure in a
> village in the heart of rural India. They chatter and gesticulate, pointing to
> the screen embedded in the wall and the keyboard and mouse below. They
> probably do not know it but they are part of a wide-reaching experiment into
> education, computers and development.
>
> Dr Sugata Mitra put up his first kiosk, containing a personal computer with an
> internet connection, in the middle of Delhi 2 years ago. Street children
> immediately took to the machines and, through their own curiousity and
> intelligence, learnt to become proficient. Since then, he has put up 29 more
> in various locations.
> ...
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