March 11, 2010
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The Principles and Child Empowerment of the One Laptop Per Child program and the Laptop’s design for learning. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-M77C2ejTw[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeX2D4AOjM[/youtube] Tags: OLPC, Sugar Labs, laptop per child, XO, open source, globalization, trends
November 4, 2009
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No sooner did we expect to see prototypes when Nicholas Negroponte announced the XO-2 was being killed for a OLPC XO 1.75: It will be interesting to see the development of the next OLPC XO 3.0 unit, but overall many … Continue reading
July 7, 2009
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Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University wrote The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It. This book is very interesting for all … Continue reading
June 1, 2009
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Think the internet is still the wild west? Think again. In a new update of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World law professors Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu share how the long arm of foreign governments still … Continue reading
April 17, 2009
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Did my 95 year old Grandmother think about this when I showed her my iPhone? Could she have imagined such a device as a child? Wonder what my little son will write about the future… Tags: smartphone, IPv6, network, advanced … Continue reading
March 10, 2009
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Attended Brainstorm 10.0 today and had a chance to hear PC industry pundit John C. Dvorak. Brainstorm had a great number of technology sessions for K12 Technology Directors. The most surprising session was “HD video over IP for Distance Learning” … Continue reading
December 29, 2008
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Get a laptop and give one to a child in a developing nation [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz9R82vWw08[/youtube]
December 22, 2008
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Cannot help but wonder what American school children (Grades K-6) could accomplish with One Laptop per Child XO Laptop. Dare I say the ‘competition’ for XOs in America this holiday season are gaming systems? Actually the Give a Laptop, Get … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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The 2008 holiday Give One Get One program for OLPC is now in full swing. Please consider donating a unit to a child in need. A new print on-demand manual is now available. Looks like the Amazon links are not … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by donkasprzak
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Sugar is a great little OS for little learners around the world. Its the way an OS and laptop should be introduced to children. Engineered for Children…what a concept. Tags: OLPC, Sugar Labs, Amazon, XO, open source, globalization, trends