Tag: OLPC
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Intel’s Classmate PC/Laptop/Netbook is almost here
It’s been almost a year since there was any big news in the kinderlappy/UMPC front. But now Intel has released a pre-production model – and while small, it seems like it is going to be a real geek pleaser. Schools might be willing to pay the slight premium for it’s ruggedized body: The 2go tablet…
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Our Stories
This one came to me through a colleague. Google, Unicef and OLPC have got together to bring the small stories of the world through a project called Our Stories. From the site: The Our Stories™ project helps people share the stories of their lives, no matter where they live or how their stories unfold. We’re…
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Throw Sugar out the Window
Wired is reporting that the XO rev that is Windows capable is now getting field tested. Wired is saying that this is likely as much to do to ensure that kids in the developing world are “hooked on Windows”. While, I would agree – not being an MS fan – I think there might be…
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OLPC Hospitals
I finally got to see one of the XO machines last week in a community of practice meeting and it sparked quite a bit of conversation. Some of the points that came up included… well what happens when they break down? Well it seems that not only are the kids learning about and with what…
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When the media is the message – warning brain dump
Clark, Mcluhan and many others have being promoting ideas about media and message for a while now, but one thing that often gets overlooked (not by these two necessarily) the fact that there is a large cultural loading aspect involved in the delivery of messages. We see it everyday as we, in the developed world,…