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July 26, 2010

Using computers to teach children with no teachers

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By Jonathan Fildes, BBC News, Oxford

A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to computers has produced a new concept for education, a conference has heard. Professor Sugata Mitra first introduced children in a Delhi slum to computers in 1999. He has watched the children teach themselves – and others – how to use the machines and gather information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10663353

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