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 their own — and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
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hole in the wall .. …
hole in the wall ..like a glory hole?
when i moved to …
when i moved to finland to go to the english school there i was 10 and my only english experience was from tv… i scored 86% at the test to see if i needed remedial english,, needless to say,, i did not
Really give my head …
Really give my head a knock open. Very true, we should invest begins from the under-previledge kids 1st where the source of most of the problems in society later age.
1 put ur middle …
1 put ur middle finger on ur nose
2 say the name of someone you like
3 tommarrow they will ask you out or say they love you
4 heres the catch post to 2 other vids this is true it tried it and it worked lol
this post sounds …
this post sounds exactly like what I did as a child when I first got my computer. I dropped out of college a few years ago because everything I know is self-taught. The internet is my main resource, although I would have to say that experience is the best teacher. Look it up online, but then go do something about it! I looked this up and now I want to build computers and bring them to far off lands! Join me!
Brilliant. Values …
Brilliant. Values ACQUIRED, Doctrine & Dogma IMPOSED. Learning a SELF ORGANIZING SYSTEM. And that this operates on a group level. Of course, that makes perfect sence, since a lot of it is in a capacity of interaction that motivates them to learn all these interactive skills. Thanks for your work, Sugata Mitra. Well done.
I teach English in …
I teach English in Japan. A student joined at 1 year and 9 months. At 2 years and 6 months, he could use a dictionary. At the age 2 years and 10 months, he was reading, well. I am not joking. He is Japanese. His mom speaks no English. My students are 2 years and up. Most of them learn to read English, on average, in 10 months. The fastest was in 4 by a 5 yr. old boy. He read, well. I am teaching grammar to kids 3 to 7years. They all can read and use a dictionary. Kids are smart, smart, smart!
Superb, really …
Superb, really really interesting !!
the “computer in the wall” part made think a lot.
Started out boring, …
Started out boring, was I even about to close it but then it got to the “computer in the wall” part, that is automatic five stars. I wonder how they didn’t break it or anything though, kids break things often.
Outdoctrination! I …
Outdoctrination! I love this term! How marvelous! It seems that all is falling into place after all. It’s perfect when I see through all the mud and chaos happening in the world a small light that shines bright. It eases my heart because I know I’m not alone riding the wave creating the new. I know helping kids learn by themselves using their own natural curiosity works wonders because I’ve used it w/ my own child. Education in the New Gaia will only be based on the love of learning!
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Man was that a …
Man was that a discovery or what??? Of course we can teach ourselves! Since we’re born we can.
I learn a lot better by my own.
Hope everybody can. Or else this is a pity.
Am I being selfish?
Geez, I blame those who can’t learn by there own. It’s the consequences of society.
We are loosing our natural instincts. Humans can’t go further now. We must reestablish total freedom and peace before we do.
We can look at the …
We can look at the internet as a sort of educational group also. I taught myself how to use photoshop as an adolescent through use of forums, and tutorials on the internet. I also taught myself the basics of the HTML programming language, just because i was interested in web pages. A desire to learn has to be a factor though… not many kids would be motivated enough to want to learn photoshop or a computer programming language on there own.
…and, …
…and, kittykattykoo, who is deciding what’s good and what’s wrong to teach children? yeah, it’s clear that abusing other people is wrong and children should be taught that, but how about teaching a child science when he has a natural inclination towards arts and, left alone, s/he’ll just go self-teaching arts ?
Thanks for sending …
Thanks for sending mate.
I taught my brother …
I taught my brother to ride a bicycle before i could ride it myself – and I taught my daughter to swim – but I cannot. I was only 8 or so when I taught my brother to ride.
Teaching yourself …
Teaching yourself to read is not uncommon in homeschoolers, and to my great surprise, one day my 4 year old daughter, who I had never tried to teach anything, wrote me a note.
Thanks for sending ewops.
I instructed myself …
I instructed myself the computer and web development. And, there are no jobs. So what is this preparing the children in terms of making a living and being independent?
a baby goat.
a baby goat.
You’re looking at …
You’re looking at it from one direction, I think. Explain, for example, NAZI Germany, absent the conscious will and direction of one madman.
Societies are the …
Societies are the obvious extension of the basic family group, with common animal intelligence you have family groups, then the development of herds (this is skipping aquatic developments for brevity), with the introduction of uncommon (that is, relative to other animals) human intelligence it only makes sense that the family group idea would eventually grow and expand along with all other aspects of intelligence. The development of societies works perfectly within the bounds of evolution.
do the same …
do the same experiment in the united states, but make sure everything is in another language that the kids don’t know (not spanish) and see how many american kids take the initiative to learn the language somehow.
Then you are …
Then you are defenetly doing a great job as a parent, congratulations!
preaching to the …
preaching to the choir here
bad quality
bad quality