From today’s NY Times, a very interesting follow-up article on the latest developments made by M.I.T.’s Media Lab “One Laptop Per Child” project. Highlights include:
“Seymour Papert, a computer scientist and educator who is an adviser to the project, has argued that if young people are given computers and allowed to explore, they will “learn how to learn.” That, Mr. Papert argues, is a more valuable skill than traditional teaching strategies that focus on memorization and testing.”
What I find myself asking is, Why “Third-World?” What about every low-income family in America?
Read more here (NY Times free subscription may be required): http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/technology/30laptop.html
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