Comments on: Hole in the Wall – Can kids learn computer literacy by themselves? http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hari http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-81903 Hari Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:13:32 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/#comment-81903 This post is really interesting . I say yes cos i learned myself :) This post is really interesting . I say yes cos i learned myself :)

]]> By: Jay Cross http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Jay Cross Tue, 29 May 2007 06:04:54 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/#comment-1368 Can kids learn computer literacy by themselves? The evidence is in: tens of millions of kids have already achieved computer literacy by themselves. That's why they know more about computing than most teachers and parents. Can kids learn computer literacy by themselves?

The evidence is in: tens of millions of kids have already achieved computer literacy by themselves. That’s why they know more about computing than most teachers and parents.

]]> By: Sylvia Martinez http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Sylvia Martinez Sun, 27 May 2007 17:36:27 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/#comment-1326 Dr. Mitra, Thanks for dropping in! I hope your work is recognized more here in the US. We need to understand better that we can't always "see" the learning happening and accept that adult intervention often makes things worse, yet still believe there is a very important place for teachers to lead students to greater understanding. Bill, I did see your post and (of course) Papert and Kay have the right ideas. Gary Stager also wrote an article about the Hole in the Wall project after speaking on a panel with Dr. Mitra in India in 2004. (Let Them Eat Tech Standards. http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=526 ) Gary makes yet another distinct point about the Hole in the Wall project. There's so much here to talk about! Dr. Mitra,
Thanks for dropping in! I hope your work is recognized more here in the US. We need to understand better that we can’t always “see” the learning happening and accept that adult intervention often makes things worse, yet still believe there is a very important place for teachers to lead students to greater understanding.

Bill,
I did see your post and (of course) Papert and Kay have the right ideas. Gary Stager also wrote an article about the Hole in the Wall project after speaking on a panel with Dr. Mitra in India in 2004. (Let Them Eat Tech Standards. http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=526 )

Gary makes yet another distinct point about the Hole in the Wall project. There’s so much here to talk about!

]]> By: Bill Kerr http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 Bill Kerr Sun, 27 May 2007 14:03:57 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/#comment-1321 I like the way you link the hole in the wall findings to the varying approaches of the Gen YES teachers, that the more experienced ones are less invasive, more "just in time" Papert said, in The Childrens Machine, that, "... the goal is to teach in such as way as to produce the most learning for the least teaching" (139), ie. that instruction still has importance but to explore ways to minimise it When <a href='http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/india-hole-in-wall-experiment.html' rel="nofollow">I wrote about </a> the hole in the wall experiment I linked it to the OLPC and Alan Kay's list of non universals - what do we know that we have to teach about because it doesn't arise spontaneously I like the way you link the hole in the wall findings to the varying approaches of the Gen YES teachers, that the more experienced ones are less invasive, more “just in time”

Papert said, in The Childrens Machine, that, “… the goal is to teach in such as way as to produce the most learning for the least teaching” (139), ie. that instruction still has importance but to explore ways to minimise it

When I wrote about the hole in the wall experiment I linked it to the OLPC and Alan Kay’s list of non universals – what do we know that we have to teach about because it doesn’t arise spontaneously

]]> By: Sugata Mitra http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Sugata Mitra Sat, 26 May 2007 19:19:20 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/05/24/hole-in-the-wall-can-kids-learn-computer-literacy-by-themselves/#comment-1302 Thanks. That is very well presented indeed! Thanks. That is very well presented indeed!

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