Saturday, May 7, 2005 Everyday Heroes
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
— William Butler Yeats

Hole in the Wall

Hole in the Wall
Looking beyond the perimeter fence from inside his IT compound in New Delhi India, Sugata Mitra could literally see the digital divide; young techno-savvy professionals inside, dispossessed children outside. Taking it upon himself to bridge this divide, he cut a hole in the fence and hooked up a computer to give the children a chance to see what one was. What happened next amazed him. They taught themselves how to use it.

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