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The standard of education was falling in the Maldives before broadband Internet access brought a quiet online revolution to classrooms in the Indian Ocean atoll nation.

Now Asina Ahmed hooks up to the Internet and uses a smart board with a touch-sensitive screen to liven up a maths class for a group of young Maldivian children on remote Rashdoo Island.

Ahmed invites eight-year-old Aishath Zayba Ismail to count the number of cherries in a fruit basket. Ismail approaches the board, places her hand over the images and glides each cherry across the white board.

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070817...cationmaldives

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That's interesting....It puts me in mind of a book I recently read about a young girl named Ayla who learns to count to 5 on her hand......The big difference is that Aishath is now capable of counting into the millions, billions, if she so chooses...

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