ERIC Number: EJ612508
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Publication Date: 2000
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New Kids on the Virtual Block.
Dobbs, Kevin
Training, v37 n9 p58, 60 Sep 2000
When researchers installed a computer in a poor neighborhood in India and left it unattended, area children without computer experience taught themselves many popular programs and used the Internet. The experiment showed that practice, experimentation, and easy access can provide a foundation for more formal computer training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries, Internet, Pacing, Poverty, Young Children
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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