Do you think the project could be criticised? Think of arguments for and against. Talk together. 1 How did you learn digital skills? How much were you taught? How much have you picked up by yourself? 2 What do you think this tells us about the way we acquire new skills? 3 What impact do you think digital technology has had on your life? Think about: ■■ ways it has improved ■■ ways it has got worse Look at the examples. The marked expression can be replaced by a participle clause. Once you have checked it all, check it again! Having checked it all, check it again! The computers are connected to the internet, The computers are connected to the internet, which gives the children access to … giving the children access to … If possible, change the marked expressions in these sentences, using a present or past participle. Why is it not always possible? 1 When I put that to Moira Jones, she referred me to the story of the Egyptian god Thoth. 2 Once you have keyed the words in, it takes a broadband user less than a second to find a site. 3 “I come here every day,” says a 9-year-old girl as she plays with the educational games. 4 He told the driver “Stamford Bridge,” the name of Chelsea’s stadium, but he delivered him instead to the village of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. 5 When you shop for clothes, always make sure you look at the label for natural fibres. d 11 Language focus Participle clauses 12 The project has now expanded throughout India to many different provinces. Psychologist Ritu Dangwal has observed kids using the kiosks since its inception. Who’s looking through the Hole in the Wall , and what are they really getting out of it? (1) ? Definitely – there has been a marked difference in how the children and community react to a computer, depending on the geographic location and on cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds. In some places there is no gender difference. At the other extreme, girls, though eager, do not come to the kiosk. They just stop near the kiosk site and watch. (2) ? I don’t see the Hole in the Wall as a purely Indian phenomenon. Children are the same all across the world. If it can hold true in India, it can work as well anywhere in the world. Cambodia, Ethiopia and the Philippines have all shown interest in this project. (3) ? There was a study done by a professor teaching in Delhi University entitled Computer Environment and Cognitive Development. She found that children using the kiosk were more persistent, more tolerant toward ambiguity – their aspirations were more realistic than children who were going to school but not using the kiosk. (4) ? Clicking around the internet may not directly lead to any kind of improvement. But yes, browsing the internet is like a child sitting with a book in their hands. Without knowing it, children are going to sites like tours and travels, reading news, or making attempts to do so. At the end of the day, they are doing far more constructive work than they would have done in a classroom. (5) ? Just about everything. How intuitively these slum children have taken to computers. How well they seem to have organised themselves to pick up skills. Their quest for information is the greatest wonder. Language skills Extras Explore 5 It’s an online world 65 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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