Negroponte: Rwanda Kid's First Word is: Google
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| The anchor then asked about Internet access and Nicholas replied by saying
| that this allows kids to access almost anything. He then concluded with
| noting the following: "Many of the young kids in Rwanda using the laptop -
| their first word is Google."
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| Wow.
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http://www.centernetworks.com/onelaptopperchild-rwanda-kids-first-word-google
Next word: Fe-do-ra. :-)
Related:
Rwanda Commits to Low-Cost Laptop Project
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| Rwanda is the eighth developing country to join the One Laptop
| Per Child initiative aimed at giving away inexpensive
| computers to all young students.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54987.html
Debate widens over over deploying computers in the developing world
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| The controversy boiled over on Saturday at a meeting where Craig
| Barrett, chairman of Intel, squared off with Nicholas Negroponte,
| the former director of the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the
| nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child, which is focusing
| on the 1.2 billion children in the developing world.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/28/business/cheap.php
One Laptop Per Child to begin SA pilot
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| Although the roll-out date for One Laptop Per Child’s (OLPC)
| low-cost machine has been put back until October 2007, OLPC is
| using a limited number of trial machines to run pilots to gain
| experience of how it will work in the local context.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1593
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