For a five year old, the collaborative learning communication environment and the really expressive and intuitive user interface changes the game on what they’re able to do in classroom. They can all share a painting on the same canvas on their laptop or go and sit under a tree, download a book and read it […]
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Low cost OLPC program heads down under
May 7, 2008 – 4:34 pm
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is gearing up to launch an Australian branch in the coming months and working to lobby the Government to fund programs in local communities. […] Right now, OLPC Australia is conducting trial programs across the country to prepare for a hopeful launch of June or July. — Low cost OLPC […]
Nicholas Negroponte speech on “The Science Show”
March 29, 2008 – 5:10 pm
The only way Professor Negroponte can realise his dream is by having cheap laptops, costing $100, or eventually, less. How is this done? And what difference do these computers make in the villages of Africa, South America and Asia? Professor Negroponte, founder of the Media Lab at MIT and author of the bestseller Being Digital, […]
Coming to a watering hole near you: OLPC’s mesh networking
March 3, 2008 – 10:28 pm
James Cameron works for a computer company in support for enterprise Linux customers, and is deeply immersed in electronics, radio and software engineering. For the past two years Cameron has devoted his diverse technical talents to testing the wireless network component of the One Laptop Per Child project. — Coming to a watering hole near you: OLPC’s […]
Farmer gives low-cost laptop a proper field test
February 12, 2008 – 5:02 pm
FROM his hot, dusty, locust-plagued property in the NSW outback, a software engineer who goes by the name Quozl is doing his bit to help educate 1.5 billion of the world’s poorest children. James Cameron has spent the past two years testing prototypes of a low-cost robust laptop called XO designed especially for children in […]
OLPC laptops set to hit Australia
February 2, 2008 – 3:43 am
Australia is set to get its very own OLPC arm, to deliver XO laptops to schoolchildren across the country. The first hints of the Australian launch surfaced at linux.conf.au in Melbourne, with the organisation hoping to build support for the project amongst the open source community. — OLPC laptops set to hit Australia by Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au
One Laptop per Child on its way to Australia
February 1, 2008 – 12:18 pm
The One Laptop Per Child initiative, a charity which is attempting to create and distribute educational laptops to disadvantaged children, is on its way to Australia. OLPC Australia was unveiled at the Linux.conf.au open source conference this week. — One Laptop per Child on its way to Australia by Sarah Stokely, The Open Source Report