- GOOD TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO GO WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED THE MOST
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HOLE IN THE WALL EXPERIMENT - WORKING COMPUTER FIXED TO WALL WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE IT PROVIDED TO GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH NO EDUCATION
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STUDENTS WILL LEARN ON THEIR OWN WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN
- LEARN TO USE COMPUTER
- CHANGE THEIR ACCENT
- CONDUCTED AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA AND ABROAD
- DID STUDENTS NOT MISUSE THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET?
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ARTHUR CLARKE
- IF A TEACHER CAN BE REPLACED BY A MACHINE, HE MUST.
- WHEN STUDENTS HAVE INTEREST TO LEARN, LEARNING HAPPENS.
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CAN TAMIL SPEAKING CHILDREN IN INDIAN VILLAGE TEACH THEMSELVES BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH ON THEIR OWN?
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THEY DID AFTER FEW MONTHS
- APART FROM THE FACT THAT IMPROPER REPLICATION OF DNA CAUSES GENETIC DISEASE, WE'VE UNDERSTOOD NOTHING ELSE.
- GOT PUBLISHED AS RESEARCH PAPER
- SCORED AS WELL AS OTHER STUDENTS WHO GOT PROPER EDUCATION
- JUST GIVE THE RESOURCES TO COLLABORATE AND GIVE FREQUENT ENCOURAGEMENT
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SOLE
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SELF ORGANIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
- BROADBAND
- COLLABORATION
- ENCOURAGEMENT
- JUST LET THE LEARNING HAPPEN BY STANDING BACK IN AWE AND WATCHING
- KNOWING HAS BECOME OBSOLETE
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PUNISHMENTS AND EXAMS ARE SEEN AS THREATS WHICH SHUT THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF BRAIN
- WAS REQUIRED IN AGE OF EMPIRES WHICH IS GONE NOW
- NEED TO SHIFT THE BALANCE BACK FROM THREAT TO PLEASURE
- NEED A CURRICULUM OF BIG QUESTIONS
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SOLE CAN BE SET UP IN CLASSROOM, AT HOME
- OBSERVE AND COLLECT DATA