India - Hole in the Wall - 2002

[James Neill]

An Indian scientist embeds a high-speed computer in a wall bordering a slum, turns it on, and watches what happens as children begin to teach themselves to use the machine.  8 min video.

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/

[Mark van Harmelen]

This was picked up and implemented in SA too.... was apparently used for good purposes, eg hunting jobs
mark

On 7/14/07, James Neill < li...@wilderdom.com> wrote:

An Indian scientist embeds a high-speed computer in a wall bordering a slum, turns it on, and watches what happens as children begin to teach themselves to use the machine.  8 min video.

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/

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[Bill Kerr]

great video, thanks james

this could be linked to:
- what we should and should not teach in school wrt computers
- the OLPC initiative, that levering the children in the third world can be used to leapfrog decades of development, that it is the best shot

http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/india-hole-in-wall-experiment.html
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On 7/14/07, James Neill <li...@wilderdom.com> wrote:

[Leigh Blackall]

What is the title of the video? I don't have Real Player - and nor do I want it (aggressive little piece of software it is).. I'm hoping someone will have copied it to Youtube or something..

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[rgrozdanic]

yeah - real's a total dog - can't believe how many places (bbc, abc in old days, heaps of universities etc) use(d) it

try downloading media player classic - alternative, open source and plays real player files without a prob

r

[Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach]

I used it in a keynote I did for the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth awhile back. Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on The Hole in the Wall pics.

http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/NAEHCY

 

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Virginia Beach, VA

[alexanderhayes]

........yet more digital cannibalism.

[Michael Coghlan]

Leigh - I've searched all the video repositories, even a few Indian ones, and it doesn't turn up anywhere.. :(

-  MIchael

[Leigh Blackall]

Oh! Can someone superC the real player one and upload it then?

[rgrozdanic]

there's some video of teachers and kids talking about the project at the home site (but not the PBS docco)
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/

r

[James Neill]

alex - what did mean by 'digital cannabilism'? i'm curious.

On Jul 15, 9:35 pm, alexanderhayes <alexanderhayes1...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Barbara Dieu]

James, here you may find some more about digital canibalism :-)
http://abaporu.wordpress.com/abaporu/
Warm regards from Brazil,
Bee




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