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XO Laptops Have Transformed Ntugi Mixed Day School
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| On my own behalf and on behalf of Ntugi
| Mixed Day School let me thank Upper Canada
| College and Mark Battley in particular for
| helping the school to get XO laptops. The
| laptops have boosted the morale of both
| students and teachers in the school.
|
| Some parents have transferred their kids
| from the neighbouring schools to our school
| because we are the only secondary school
| connected to Internet. This has raised the
| school enrollment from 4 classes to 6
| classes. Students are using them,
| especially in Science and Geography. In the
| 2009 Science Congress, two projects scooped
| the best 2 positions in the District and
| were ranked No. 9 and 10 out of 102 in the
| Provincials. Previously, no Ntugi student
| had participated in Science Congress.
|
| [...]
|
| The Kenya National Examination Council has
| started registering students for the
| National exams online. Schools without
| Internet facilities are greatly challenged.
| As the Head of Ntugi Secondary School, I
| feel very humbled for this donation
| (laptops) as it has made my work very easy
| when registering students for the National
| exams. (K.C.S.E).
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/kenya/xo_laptops_have_transformed_nt.html
Linux in the developing world - Can the community help spread it?
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| If you live in a "well to do" country for
| instance, downloading 600MB of data might
| be a matter of minutes, but to those of us
| who only have 1GB of bandwidth for a whole
| month, it generally is out of the question.
| This first bottleneck alone puts Linux out
| of the use of most people in developing
| parts of the world.
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/03/linux-in-developing-world-can-community.html
Recent:
One Laptop Per Child Works - With Teachers
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| One of the major innovations of OLPC consists
| in the idea that a computer given to a single
| child (also called 1:1 computing) is the best
| way to enhance the pupil's ability to learn
| effectively. It's called ONE-laptop-per-child
| after all.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/education/olpc_works_teachers.html
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