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Re: [xmca] Given Tablets But No Teachers, Ethiopian Kids Teach Themselves

Mike,
It would great if we could do on the spot research of this situation as
well as the hole in the wall context. What precisely is the tablet
mediating?
Carol


On 31 October 2012 18:13, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting story, Peter.
>
> I found it interesting that the "learn to read" precedes "reading to learn"
> formula used in the article.
>
> Not at all clear that a print-literacy notion of what reading is and what
> the ordering of sense making through graphic symbols and representations is
> appropriate for what people hope is going on there.
>
> mike
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > http://mashable.com/2012/10/29/tablets-ethiopian-children/
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