Ed McNierney, from One Laptop per Child  discusses the Reading project, the experiment conducted in two Ethiopian villages giving children access to tablet PCs on Click, BBC London.  You can listen to the interview here.
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Hi Ed,
Your experiment sounded interesting, although from the BBC program, it seemed that you were unaware of the work of Sugata Mitra in this area, that he started in 1999. If you don’t know about it, I think you’ll find it very interesting, as it broadly supports your findings. Here’s a link:
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/
Good luck with the work you’re doing!
Best wishes,
Mark