March 02, 2009

Informative Reading:
  • Free computer-access project inspired 'Slumdog'
  • Free computer-access project inspired 'Slumdog'. CNNOnline March 2009.  ...The book "Q & A" inspired the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire," but what inspired Indian author Vikas Swarup to write the book?... Swarup says he took his cue from an experimental program giving impoverished children in India's capital Delhi unsupervised access to computers loaded with educational software. The "Hole in the Wall" project discovered that youngsters were able to teach themselves to use the machines embedded in a wall in a poor neighborhood, offering new insights into the abilities of children's minds. 

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