Valerie Thompson of the E-Learning Foundation says children without home internet "lose out big time".

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Valerie Thompson of the E-learning foundation called for the education system to embrace technology.

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Along the way, they also introduced the museum's director, Jock Reynolds, to Canadian collectors Hunter and Valerie Thompson, who in 2007 donated about 500 Javanese gold sculptures and ornaments.

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