According to an article “Screen Time” that appeared on page 40 in the June 2012 issue of “Wired”, an organization called One Laptop per Child, together with researchers from Tufts University and the MIT Media Lab, arranged for solar-powered tables to be given to kids in the Ethiopian village of Wolenchite, where there is no electricity and an almost zero rate of literacy. Kids were given no explanation on how to use the tablets. It only took them 15 minutes to figure out how to turn the devices on. One week later, the kids were already using 47 apps. Two weeks later, they were reciting the alphabet out loud. The study is ongoing. It is interesting to see where the kids will be after a six-month period. Will then learn to read? Will they learn math? How far can the education go with just the use of a tablet and without any instruction?
