Given Tablets But No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves

Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves With Tablets (But No Teachers)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Architect Nicholas Negroponte attends 2010 Blouin Creative Leadership Gala at the Metropolitan Club on September 23, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Louise Blouin Group)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Architect Nicholas Negroponte attends 2010 Blouin Creative Leadership Gala at the Metropolitan Club on September 23, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Louise Blouin Group)

With 100 million first-grade-aged children worldwide having no access to schooling, the One Laptop Per Child organization is trying something new in two remote Ethiopian villages -- simply dropping off tablet computers with preloaded programs and seeing what happens.

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