One Laptop per Child, an education project
posted: February 14, 2008 - 11:12pm by fffgrose -- visit fffgrose 's blog
tags: computing, education, learning technology, networking, OLPC
tags: computing, education, learning technology, networking, OLPC
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The One Laptop per Child education project has new technology that advanced to mass production of laptops in November 2007. In a special Give 1 Get 1 program, over 150,000 laptops have been sold to donors in the USA and Canada for US$ 399 ($ 199 for a personal laptop, and $ 200 for a laptop to be given to a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia, or Rwanda).
The compact, but advanced, hardware and software is being used to build a new computing, networking, and learning environment to especially support children in the developing world.
With so many people interested in the project, new communities have formed to address a wide range of technical and social issues. A Health focus team has been recently energized with teams and individuals colle...
(more)
The One Laptop per Child education project has new technology that advanced to mass production of laptops in November 2007. In a special Give 1 Get 1 program, over 150,000 laptops have been sold to donors in the USA and Canada for US$ 399 ($ 199 for a personal laptop, and $ 200 for a laptop to be given to a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia, or Rwanda).
The compact, but advanced, hardware and software is being used to build a new computing, networking, and learning environment to especially support children in the developing world.
With so many people interested in the project, new communities have formed to address a wide range of technical and social issues. A Health focus team has been recently energized with teams and individuals colle...
(more)
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