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Hackaday reports on teacher-less deployment. Hadn't heard this was
already out there, my apologies to all who knew this was an old
thing. Apparently 6 months already?<br>
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Anybody here connected with this deployment?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/31/2012 03:02 PM, Hack a Day
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We don't remember hearing about the One Laptop Per Child
initiative distributing tablet computers but apparently
a couple of shipments were distributed to rural
communities in Ethiopia. The problem one might think of
in this scenario is that the liter" </span>
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href="http://hackaday.com/2012/10/31/olpc-tablet-distribution-proves-concepts-laid-out-in-the-diamond-age/">OLPC
tablet
distribution
proves
concepts laid
out in ‘The
Diamond Age’</a></h2>
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font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em 0;">We don't
remember hearing
about the One Laptop
Per Child initiative
distributing tablet
computers but
apparently <a
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href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506466/given-tablets-but-no-teachers-ethiopian-children-teach-themselves/"
style="text-decoration:
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text-decoration:
underline; color:
#2585B2;">a couple
of shipments were
distributed to
rural communities
in Ethiopia</a>.
The problem one
might think of in
this scenario is
that the literacy
rate in the two test
villages was
basically zero. But
that's exactly the
population targeted
with thr technology.
The tablets were
loaded with a
software package
called Nell. It was
designed to guide a
child in self
learning by telling
them engaging
stories that include
teachable moments.
If you check out <a
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style="text-decoration:
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white paper</a>
(PDF) you'll find
it's pretty much the
exact same teaching
technique that [Neal
Stephenson] wrote
about in his book <em>The
Diamond Age</em>.
But keep reading
that paper and
you'll see that this
is because the
researchers took
their inspiration
from that very
novel.</p>
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0 0 1em 0;">Well the
results are in and
apparently [Neal]
knows exactly what
he is talking about.
Not only did the
children learn from
the software, but
within five months
they were hacking
the device (which
runs Android) to get
the disabled camera
working.</p>
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Alexander via <a
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Szczys</a></strong>
| October 31, 2012 at
1:01 pm | Tags: <a
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stephenson</a>, <a
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<a
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href="http://hackaday.com/?tag=tablet" style="text-decoration: none;
color: #0088cc;
text-decoration:
underline; color:
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<a
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href="http://hackaday.com/?tag=the-diamond-age" style="text-decoration:
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diamond age</a> |
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