{"id":438,"date":"2010-09-09T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigital.com\/english\/?p=438"},"modified":"2010-09-10T00:04:28","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T02:04:28","slug":"can-children-learn-by-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigital.com\/english\/2010\/09\/can-children-learn-by-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Can children learn by themselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Education scientist Sugata Mitra talking at TED, telling us how children \u2013 given the proper tools \u2013 can use technology to advance in their education, even without adult supervision.<\/p>\n<p>He pointing out one of the many problems education is facing today, a problematic circle constructed around this fact: the best teachers and schools are not available where people need them the most. Therefore, having access to remote resources through the good use of technology can be really useful under this conditions.<\/p>\n<p>And the results could be too good to be true.<\/p>\n<p>For extra notes on the experiment he was conducting, see <a title=\"Link to BBC News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-10663353\">\u00abUsing computers to teach children with no teachers\u00bb<\/a> at the BBC News site.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=949&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=unconventional_explanations;event=TEDGlobal+2010;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=949&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=unconventional_explanations;event=TEDGlobal+2010;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education scientist Sugata Mitra talking at TED, telling us how children \u2013 given the proper tools \u2013 can use technology to advance in their education, even without adult supervision. 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