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I was inspired by the Hole in the Wall project, where a computer with an internet connection was put in a Delhi slum. When the slum was revisited after a month, the children of that slum had learned how to use the worldwide web. Sugata Mitra childcomputerconnection share on social
Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer. Sugata Mitra absenceadultahead share on social
Teachers are not supposed to be repositories of information which they dish out. That is from an age when there were no other repositories of information, other than books or teachers, neither of which were portable. A lot of my big task is retraining these teachers. Sugata Mitra agebigbook share on social
I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines. Claude Shannon doghumanmachine Change image and share on social
I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere. Abbie Cornish lyricpaperpiece Change image and share on social
While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price. Rick Perlstein alternativeamericancollege Change image and share on social
