Children and the Internet: experiments with minimally invasive education in India
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Urban children all over the world seem to acquire computing skills without adult intervention. Indeed this form of self-instruction has produced hackers – children who can penetrate high tech security systems. Is this kind of learning dependent only on the availability of technology? We provided slum children in New Delhi with Internet access in their settlement. The paper describes the results obtained in the first month of unsupervised and unguided access. It is observed that children seem to understand and use the technology fluently. Language and formal education do not seem to make any significant difference.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BJET
دوره 32 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001