The potential of ICTs in development

This is a self explanatory video by Intel about the use of ICTs in addressing local problems in rural areas. Worth a thousand words:

India Village – Intel from Bill Zarchy on Vimeo.

Sugata Mitra challenges all kinds of barriers to education

As covered by our previous postings of the Hole in Wall project which started of as a curious experiment and continued as a chain of experiments across rural india has finally crossed its boundaries and reached schools in UK and italy and is all poised to challenge all kinds of barriers like language, culture, age to education. Dr. Sugata Mitra Speaks at TED.