http://www.miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390.print - 2 views
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glitterati
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Silicon Valley
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World Economic Forum
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emotional resonance
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we all know and value
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looked good
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aspired to
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countries without comprehensive electrical grids
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soured
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underperformed
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50 percent of staff were being laid off and a major restructuring was under way
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the project seems nearly dead in the water
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And that may be great news for children in the developing world.
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Innovate
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Negroponte and other techno-luminati
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lobbied national governments and international agencies
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technology optimists
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take control of their education
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There's no question that improving education in the developing world is necessary.
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trending dramatically upward
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school attendance
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highly respected center
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they don't seem to be learning much
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international science exam
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powerful argument
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the goal is improving education for children in the developing world, there are plenty of better, and cheaper, alternatives.
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instinctive appeal
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precious little evidence
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circumstantial evidence
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The OLPC concept has been pioneered in a number of school districts in the United States over the last decade
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the technology didn't work any better than a normal classroom teacher
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the teachers simply weren't using the computers
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few experimental studies to show a positive impact from the use of computers
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substituting computers for teachers
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supplement
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Negroponte has explicitly derided
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It must be said
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academic
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teachers limited access to the computers
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had not been adequately trained
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not silver bullets
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surveys of students
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parents rolling their eyes
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evaluation of an OLPC project in Haiti
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Repeated calls and e-mails to OLPC and Negroponte seeking comment on OLPC did not receive a response
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ironic
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a leader in
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the Third World
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cheap
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proven successful
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etting children in developing countries into school and helping them learn more while they are there
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There are
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deworming
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technology-based approaches to improving student learning in the developing world
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show more promise than one laptop per child
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the J-PAL co-founder
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Remedial education
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A study in Kenya
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expensive
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quarter of the cost
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cheaper
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it didn't matter
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co-founder of J-PA
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$2 per month
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$3 per month
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$2.20
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30 percent increase in lifetime earnings
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$4 per student per year
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50 cents per child per year
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tens of millions of dollars
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children
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children
