“With the advent of tablets, we’re at the 1-second mark of understanding what can happen between a child and an intuitive device,” he said. “So can you design software that matches intuitive nature of the hardware?”
Kind of a followup to Laptop Per Child initiative.. agree we are early on in the process of figuring out what the actual full potential of the technology is…and we like the DIY approach.
IOW, maximize capabilities of anyone anywhere anytime, and with overtones of the Mitra approach of giving the tool to the kids and then just help them do what they “naturally” do best.. learn. Kudos to Margot for the link.
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