Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching

http://www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

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[WLBFTWproductions]

Well that's just the coolest thing ever.

[alchemyst2000]

I clapped from home when this one ended. its just so brilliant. We are capable of learning, and even better together. this is also an awesome way to use technology to unite the human community, rather than estrange one another.

[chiwonome]

That was absolutely fantastic.

[r3d0w4n]

They got Highspeed internet in 1999 in a slum in new delhi?

[Gunnabee]

"A teacher that can replaced by a machine should be" (Arthur C Clarke)

[maaskeimorgen]

Daum thats goood now i know what to do next year :D instead of the anticipated 'wait till youre old enough for college and prepare yourself by reading online' has changed to ''...and perpare myself by reading online with friends". Omg ita gonna be ao much more fun than expected

[DarkCelcius]

Google that line and you'll see this video in the results.

[traitorsbeware]

Yes, I just noticed it too. 

[goooooooooooooz]

That was an acronym genius

[YaelSeg]

A correct answer kills the creativity,

see what happens when third grade students think there is a correct answer

search "when there is a correct answer " in YouTube (/watch?v=9TskeE43Q1M)