When working in groups, children do not need to be “taught” how to use computers. They can teach themselves. Their ability to do so seems to be independent of educational background, literacy level, social or economic status, ethnicity and place of origin, gender, geographic location (i.e., city, town or village, or intelligence.)
Using the Hole in the Wall setup with a single PC, children can learn to do most or all of the following tasks in approximately three months:
2. drawing and painting pictures on the computer
3. loading and saving files
4. downloading and playing games
5. running educational software and other programs
6. playing music and videos, and viewing photos and pictures
7. surfing the Internet, if a broadband connection is available
8. setting up email accounts
9. sending and receiving email
10. using social networking programs, such as chat rooms (AIM, Google Chat, etc.), Skype and Facebook
11. simple troubleshooting, such as fixing speakers that aren’t playing sound
12. downloading and playing streaming media
In addition, local teachers and field observers noted that the children demonstrated improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills; English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.
View Sugata Mitra’s TED Talk
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- Original Source: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
- Go to: Sugata Mitra’s Blog
- Het boek van Sugata Mitra: Beyond the Hole in the Wall: Discover the Power of Self-Organized Learning.
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