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TECH LINK: How the internet is turning education on its ear A link to an experiment in Ethiopia of the amazing success of tablets without teachers and a coming, and even more amazing story from Adair County, KY on an innovative path to an education debt-free Bachelor's Degree We're hoping others will share their paths, whether it was a traditional or it happened over time. Whether college was first, workforce second, or the other way around Special CM Education story There's a not so quiet revolution going on in education today, impelled, most of all, by the internet. There's two related stories we want to share: 1) A link to an experiment in Ethiopia, and 2) An amazing story right here in Adair County we're working on now. The Ethiopia story is about a promising one from a developing country. It's in MIT Review, titled: Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves/A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown "encouraging"results If that works, how fast can Adair County, KY Race to the Top with laptops/tables + Good teachers? The laptops were tablets. The experiment is conducted by Nicholas Negroponte's One LapTop Per Child organization. We think it's worth reading - and we hope fodder for comment on the local situation. The second story, the one we're working on now, is the story of an Adair County man who took an untraditional patch to a BS from a highly respected Kentucky state university - rarely leaving Columbia, KY to earn a bachelor's degree and associates degree in three years, while running a successful business, and coming out education debt-free. Check back. We think it will be ready for CM within 24 hours. Of course, there are downsides to the One Laptop Per Child and to the path taken by the Adair Countian, and detractors aplenty. What is important is that there now are more options than ever for successfully educating young children, and for obtaining a higher education diploma. Fortunately public schools right in the South Central Kentucky and public and private post secondary institutions are among innovative leaders exploring new approaches to lower the cost of learning. - EW This story was posted on 2012-12-26 06:30:57
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