OLPC: Intel, Microsoft, and other "Experts" Just Don't Get It
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| The OLPC takes this model and flips it, creating a tool that is a
| "learner centric" design. The software AND hardware have been
| designed together, not to be general purpose per se, but to
| create an environment that promotes exploration and learning.
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http://webapps.saugus.k12.ca.us/community/jklein/weblog/470.html
Related:
Nigerian students power up their laptops
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| Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per
| Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the
| last year touring schools in Nigeria. He and his team chose a school
| 10 miles outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to deploy the company's
| first child-friendly laptops in the region.
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http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?part=rss&tag=6175025&subj=news
My Look At Sugar [One laptop per child]
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| Overall I have to say I'm really quite impressed with the environment.
| Sugar is very innovative and so easy to use and simple. I'm really
| looking forward to see how this product advances.
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http://www.steffanwilliams.co.uk/software/my-look-at-sugar
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