Refletion+on+Canada+OLPC

In the article about Student-Generated Databases Using Knowledge Forum in Eastern Arctic, it is so wonderful to read about the learning experience of students in the town of Iqaluit. The mastery of their computer skills is such that there is a Utopian teaching moment where the roles of teacher and student got reversed. The teacher, Elizabeth, uses a teaching approach called Knowledge Forum, so students record, share, illustrate and comment on their topics and those of their classmates. In connection to the two initiative programs, we read about sponsored by OLPC, which are being implemented in third world nations such as India and Peru, Mr. Negroponte has a great vision. My guess is that his vision would look like the classroom in Canada where children from developing nations can generate their own databases through the Internet and become self-learners and by narrowing the digital divide these children can learn 21st century skills and hopefully improve their own world.