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Is there anything we can't learn from Internet? Give a kid access to computer and Internet, and he will find his way out. This was experimented with kids in In

Is there anything we can't learn from Internet? Give a kid access to computer and Internet, and he will find his way out. This was experimented with kids in Indian slums, who never went to school and can not even read/write. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.htm...

dinkumthinkum 14y ago
Oh poppycock. This was Carnegie's line, only it was about libraries. Without the Internet, libraries were there for everyone to use. How are kids that can't read going ... Oh come on, can we stop with this "The Internet solves all of our education problems" nonsense? I know it is, because this well educated populace doesn't exist and yet the Internet does. I submit to you that there is very little you need to use the Internet to learn and I also submit that by your reasoning about how easy it is for people to learn then if if they were to purchase physical books, all they would need would be the "canon" of Penguin Press books. But yet people have never done this en masse or even in any significant other than ... wait for it .. outliers. :) So, basically, the whole view is just one big unproven naked assertion.
- RealGeek 14y ago
  See http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t... and http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.htm... > How are kids that can't read going A picture is worth a thousand words.
  - dinkumthinkum 14y ago
    No. :) That's interesting and wonderful but does not prove anything about this discussion. I haven't watched the whole but I saw the description, learn to use a PC. OK, there is a big difference between learning to use something and that designed with "usability" in mind and learning CS, physics, chemistry, law, medicine, whatever.
    - RealGeek 14y ago
      I learned most of what I know from Internet. Not just programming; but arts, science, mathematics etc. I agree, basic schooling is very important; there is no replacement for it. College / University education is nice to have, but it is not must.
tsahyt 14y ago
The internet is a great resource but never a replacement for a great teacher. There's so much to learn that most people don't even realize that only a good teacher can show you. During the first years at university I was confronted with so many things I never thought I'd have to learn which proved to be invaluable. Additionally, a great teacher makes you learn things a lot quicker than you'd learn them yourself, because of the insights he can give you. Oh and btw, I've found textbooks to be infinitely more useful than the internet.

dinkumthinkum 14y ago

Oh poppycock. This was Carnegie's line, only it was about libraries. Without the Internet, libraries were there for everyone to use. How are kids that can't read going ... Oh come on, can we stop with this "The Internet solves all of our education problems" nonsense? I know it is, because this well educated populace doesn't exist and yet the Internet does. I submit to you that there is very little you need to use the Internet to learn and I also submit that by your reasoning about how easy it is for people to learn then if if they were to purchase physical books, all they would need would be the "canon" of Penguin Press books. But yet people have never done this en masse or even in any significant other than ... wait for it .. outliers. :) So, basically, the whole view is just one big unproven naked assertion.

RealGeek 14y ago
See http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t... and http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.htm... > How are kids that can't read going A picture is worth a thousand words.
- dinkumthinkum 14y ago
  No. :) That's interesting and wonderful but does not prove anything about this discussion. I haven't watched the whole but I saw the description, learn to use a PC. OK, there is a big difference between learning to use something and that designed with "usability" in mind and learning CS, physics, chemistry, law, medicine, whatever.
  - RealGeek 14y ago
    I learned most of what I know from Internet. Not just programming; but arts, science, mathematics etc. I agree, basic schooling is very important; there is no replacement for it. College / University education is nice to have, but it is not must.

tsahyt 14y ago

The internet is a great resource but never a replacement for a great teacher. There's so much to learn that most people don't even realize that only a good teacher can show you. During the first years at university I was confronted with so many things I never thought I'd have to learn which proved to be invaluable. Additionally, a great teacher makes you learn things a lot quicker than you'd learn them yourself, because of the insights he can give you. Oh and btw, I've found textbooks to be infinitely more useful than the internet.