Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Uruguay Children Try Low-Cost Laptops
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| Some children began warming to the computers by playing "Tetris," a
| popular falling-blocks puzzle video game. Later they will explore
| the Linux operating system.
I'm amazed that this project, which was conceived...what...2 years ago?
Has, in its first product run, made something that the audience seems
to be instantly taking to.
It's even more amazing when you consider they completely disgarded the
traditional GUI paradigms for something appropriate and based on
a. Seymour Papert's work in education
b. Insight into the needs of the classroom
c. Demand to make the software footprint small
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