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[Grassroots-l] [support-gang] Change the World (FAST!) - 0 views

lists.laptop.org/...001084.html Computers in education Linux Open source Culture
shared by David Corking on 20 Mar 09 - Cached
  • > He needed (would still appreciate it) 30 XOs for one primary school class, > calculated everything using prices from G1G1. This is a good example, thank you... I will follow up off list; but you are right, this is the sort of project we are not supporting outside of G1G1.
    • David Corking
      David Corking on 20 Mar 09
       
      OLPC is too much interested in bulk orders from countries to be a serious force in democratising education.
  • David Corking on 20 Mar 09
     
    By not supporting medium-sized deployments of, say 30 to 5000 laptops (a typical order from a school or an educational authority) the OLPC Foundation betrays an instinct for paternalism. We have too much paternalism in education already, and the technologies in Sugar were designed to give children democratic access to education.
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Welcome to Waveplace! - 0 views

waveplace.com olpc xo1 squeak etoys tutorials
shared by Miles Berry on 06 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Miles Berry on 06 Feb 09
     
    Project to support OLPCs for children in the Caribbean. Includes 30 screencast tutorials for Squeak etoys; free registration required.
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Sugar Labs-learning software for children - 1 views

www.sugarlabs.org education children sugar olpc ict
shared by Miles Berry on 20 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar runs on most computers.
  • David Corking on 20 Mar 09
     
    Home page for immersive and collaborative primary and elementary school learning software.
  • Miles Berry on 08 Apr 09
     
    The award-winning Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional "office-desktop" software.
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"Empowering Kids to Create and Share Programmable Media" - 0 views

mags.acm.org/...20080304 scratch ict programming olpc
shared by Miles Berry on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Miles Berry on 09 Apr 09
     
    Interactions, March/April 08
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