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Robert Schuman

Uruguay becomes first nation to provide a laptop for every primary school student - 0 views

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OLPC One Laptop Per Child Uruguay laptop

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  • Uche Amaechi on 18 Oct 09
     
    One laptop per elementary school kids, in Uruguay.
  • Robert Schuman on 19 Oct 09
     
    Uruguay is about to achieve the 1:1 child/laptop ratio for every primary school student in the country via OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). Only 5% of the country's education budget was needed to achieve this.
shalani mujer

They Effectively Fixed My laptop - 1 views

I love to surf the internet using my laptop, then one day it just stopped running. I did not know what to do since the blue screen error did not disappear though I have tried rebooting my laptop. ...

PC technical support

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Maung Nyeu

GoGoNews Delivers Universal News Content to One Laptop Per Child Computers Promoting Ed... - 0 views

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  • Maung Nyeu on 14 Dec 11
     
    GoGoNews, an online news resource for children, announced that OLPC XO laptops will feature GoGoNews App in the collection of default applications. Through GoGoNews app, children can read filtered headline news, as well as art, cultural science, or fun topics, and play online games.
Jaclyn Ruszala

1-to-1 Computing: Turning Around School Technology - 6 views

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  • Bridget Binstock on 07 Dec 11
     
    This article explains why the district chose laptops over tablet and how the community is helping to turn the schools around.
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  • Allison Browne on 08 Dec 11
     
    This is a very throrough article.If replaceing computers every 4 years and maintaining them is only 4% of the budget, I wonder what all the resistence is to schools maintaining computers. Is 4% still too much? Is 4% specific to this Alabama district? Also, I felt individualized instruction for foreign language would be the best way to transition a school towards networked individualized learning in a school environment. It's silly that everyone in elementary schools has to take the same language simply because there is only one foreign language teacher. Instead of a Spanish teacher you would need to hire multi-lingual specialists who are able to monitor langauge acquisition. Cool future!
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Dec 11
     
    "The teachers that were involved said that if every kid had their own computer, we could do amazing things". It would be interesting to know if the teachers presented some concrete ideas of 'amazing things'. It would also be interesting to know whether they have a bank of spare laptops to loan to the students while the defective ones are getting fixed. I have a feeling that in the not-so-distant future the choice between a tablet and a computer may become a moot point. The hardware that powers a MacBook Air and iPad is very similar. We have laptops that double as tablets and tablets that are paired with a keyboard to be used as a laptop. Eventually these two will merge.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    Great overview of the issues -- I agree with Kasthuri -- I think the issue will become moot
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Mooresville School District, a Laptop Success Story - (It's Not Just About the Laptops) - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ct-a-laptop-success-story.html

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 13 Feb 12
     
    Some very useful lessons to learn fro Mooresville. Looks like the broader ecosystem (such as cheper access to broadband internet) has been thought through rather than just dropping a laptop into the classroom.
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 13 Feb 12
     
    Interesting comment from one of the parents, attesting to how technology can be out to good use in education - "My son, just yesterday, completed a mutlimedia project about the Sahara desert working together with another student. They created a video imagining them driving a vehicle through the desert while reciting facts about the desert and incorporating pictures and graphics about what they were describing. It was as if they were taking me on a virtual tour of the desert. This is the way we communicate now. What we learn is only as important as how we are able to communicate it to make things happen."
Chris Johnson

MICROWAVED OLPC MUTANT LAPTOP MACHINE [OLPCSlug] - eBay (item 150359570985 end time Oct... - 0 views

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fun lol OLPC

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  • Chris Johnson on 19 Sep 09
     
    Someone mutilated an XO laptop in the name of art... or something like it. You can buy the finished result for $26,001 (free shipping!) on ebay (80% goes to the OLPC Foundation). Watch the video to see how the laptop responds to extended exposure to microwave radiation. Anyone else amused/disturbed by the results here?
Uly Lalunio

A special report on telecoms in emerging markets: : Finishing the job | The Economist - 0 views

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  • Uly Lalunio on 28 Sep 09
     
    "Leading the computer camp is Nicholas Negroponte of MIT, the man behind the $100 laptop. He and his followers argue that bringing down the cost of laptops, and persuading governments in developing countries to buy and distribute millions of them, could have enormous educational benefits."
David Chen

Education in Uruguay: Laptops for all | The Economist - 0 views

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laptops technology education

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  • David Chen on 02 Oct 09
     
    A report from Uruguay about the success (and troubles) of the One Laptop Per Child program
Ashley Lee

Virginia Tech Department of Music L2Ork » What is L2ork? - Linux Laptop Orche... - 0 views

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entertainment laptop orchestra K-12 education music education

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  • Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09
     
    Virginia Tech's L2Ork, the world's first Linux-based laptop orchestra. With its affordable design and support from the Linux community, L2Ork hopes to bring laptop orchestras to K-12 education and beyond.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

The Tangled Tale of Aakash, the World's Cheapest Laptop - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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mobile device cheapest laptop

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 30 Apr 12
     
    Bureacratic nightmares and vested interests deny students their due whether it is in US or India
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Heather French

Samsung Reveals S-Pen-Toting Windows 8 Tablet-Laptop Hybrids - 1 views

www.wired.com/...samsung-windows-8-hybrids

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  • Heather French on 09 Nov 12
     
    I wonder how well it will cover the gap between tablet and laptop.
Sunanda V

New tack for OLPC: Let the students teach themselves - 0 views

www.extremetech.com/...-the-students-teach-themselves

olpc laptop airdrop technology developing country global international

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  • Sunanda V on 30 Oct 12
     
    Apparently their new strategy is to "airdrop" OLPC laptops into communities and let students teach themselves. Now, I'm all for students learning by creating and constructivist pedagogy... but this seems altogether irresponsible. Also, seems like we're promoting different standards for students in low income/low resource settings vs. students in resource rich settings through initiatives like this--and not in a good way. =/
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Google debuts $250 laptop -- the Chromebook - CNN.com - 1 views

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laptop technology education mobile

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 23 Oct 12
     
    Does this affect IT decision making in schools vis-a-vis tablets?
Maung Nyeu

Simple solution to our learning challenge | The Australian - 2 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frg6zo-1226192930096

Emerging Technology technology education learning t561 online

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  • Feedback so far from early OLPC schools is impressive. Most impressive of all in the first year is Doomadgee State School. In remote, largely indigenous northwest Queensland, Doomadgee has just produced stunning NAPLAN results, boosting their percentage of Year 3 pupils at or above national minimum standards in numeracy from 31 per cent last year to a staggering 95 per cent in 2011. Principal Richard Barrie and his teachers are using plenty of clever and different engagement strategies, but one important tool in the toolbox is the early and strong use of technology via the OLPC Australia
  • Particularly in regard to rural communities, there should be no excuse today for geography to be a barrier to learning. Through connected on-line learning, children anywhere can quickly move from being passive consumers of knowledge (if at all) to an active participant in learning. As well, there is a sense of ownership of the computer, and it is a very real and comparatively cheap method of encouraging school attendance, something I note is a particular and welcome focus in the Northern Territory education system under Chief Minister Paul Henderson
  • A request of $12m has been put to the federal government, with $3m already requested from the Aboriginal benefit accounts, demonstrating the desire within the indigenous community to support real and practical self-empowerment and education programs
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  • Most importantly of all, quite simply, OLPC Australia delivers
  • Most importantly of all, quite simply, OLPC Australia delivers . Results in learning from the 5000 students already engaged show impressive improvements in closing the gap generally, and lifting access and participation rates in particular.
  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Dec 11
     
    One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) implementation in Australia seems to bring positive results. In remote, largely indigenous northwest Queensland, Doomadgee, 3rd grade students' numeracy improved from 31 per cent last year to a staggering 95 per cent in 2011.
Maung Nyeu

Reflecting on OLPC in 2011 | One Laptop per Child - 0 views

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Emerging Technology technology t561 learning education online educational_technology

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  • Maung Nyeu on 31 Dec 11
     
    OLPC report on 2011 - expanding in Peru, Rwanda, Palestine, and Afghanistan. Dedicated volunteers, with invitation from United Nations and African Union, continue to work with local governments and communities for such expansion.
Bharat Battu

Reflex : Math fact fluency - the next generation. - 3 views

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schools math games educational avatar

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  • Bharat Battu on 08 Feb 12
     
    The school I am interning at (The Carroll School) is using this in their middle school math classes. Small class sizes typically (4-8 kids /  class), and it's a 1:1 school where every child has a laptop. But - it's working well for designated independent work time in the math classes I've observed- where each kid is asked to play the game for 15 minutes on their own. Kids have their own profiles- and there are several different math mini games they can play, each game focusing on different math skills. Each mini game involves different game mechanics and art styles. But all games involve using arithmetic skills and math concepts to solve problems that progress them in the game. Good performance gives the kids in-game credits/money that they can use to customize their in-gam avatar. 
Sunanda V

Re-thinking School Architecture in the Age of ICT | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Edu... - 0 views

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  • Sunanda V on 28 Sep 12
     
    Brings up the interesting issue of physical space in 21st century classrooms. Should schools of the future look like the way they do now (ie. desks and chairs, albeit with iPads/laptops atop desks)? How can we match the shift in pedagogical thinking with what our physical spaces of classrooms look like? On a related note, a colleague at an international school in Mumbai showed me around their new K-12 school recently (K-12 1:1 laptop program, phenomenal tech integration program)... and they no longer have walls to demarcate classrooms across the entire school. Instead of classrooms, they have "learning pods." So, imagine you're a third grade teacher--you have four slidable "walls" that you can open up to collaborate with the adjacent third grade section for social studies. Or perhaps you notice that the fifth grade science experiment seems to align with what you're doing today so you walk over to see if they'd be up for sharing what they're doing. Their idea is that the physical space needs to reflect the same environment of open education and collaborative learning that we're promoting in our classrooms.
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