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One Laptop Per Child
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
Looks like a cool laptop eh?
Well Cale showed me this thing from Wikipedia today....
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One Laptop per Child
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC) is a U.S. non-profit organization set up to oversee The Children's Machine project and the construction of the 2B1 "$100 laptop". Both the project and the organization were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2005.
OLPC is funded by a number of sponsor organizations. These include Google, Red Hat, AMD, Brightstar Corporation, News Corporation and Nortel Networks. Each company has donated two million dollars. The MIT Media Lab is also involved in the project.
The organization gained its most attention after Nicholas Negroponte and Kofi Annan unveiled a working prototype of the CM1 in November 2005 at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia.
The organization is chaired by Nicholas Negroponte and its CTO is Mary Lou Jepsen. Other principals of the company include former MIT Media Lab director Walter Bender, who is President of OLPC Software and Content, and Jim Gettys, Vice-President of Software Engineering.[1] |
Seems like a neat idea I guess. The laptops, if used in the right way (i.e. at schools and such) it could help the children to be educated. But there's something about this project that disturbs me a bit. If I were living in a third world country, I think I would rather have this non-profit organization help in the way of aiding the fight against poverty or homelessness. I know there are a lot of organizations out there that do this...but clearly it's not enough since the fight still goes on.
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| VERTiG0 |
The kids will sell these laptops on eBay as soon as they receive them.
A vicious cycle. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
The kids will sell these laptops on eBay as soon as they receive them.
A vicious cycle. |
The 10 year old kids are going to sell these on ebay? Who's gonna pay for the internet connection?
Seriously, buy the kids some food! |
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| adi26 |
Seems like a nice concept but as you said...but it doesnt seem like it will have a big market in third world countries...
plus, if the laptop itself is just 100 bucks...I wonder what their costs would be like for them to make enough money out of this venture... |
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| spitty |
i think its a good idea. sure, you have to feed them, but you also have to give them the tools to become self sufficient adults
this reminds me of....
give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by spitty
i think its a good idea. sure, you have to feed them, but you also have to give them the tools to become self sufficient adults
this reminds me of....
give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime |
I agree with you in that sense Spitty. But I don't see how laptops in third world countries will teach them those tools.
Education in regards to math, science, english etc. would help them. Laptops aren't necessary at this stage in their life. |
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| EvilTree |
How will these laptops run?
Because many 3rd world countries do not have regular access to electricity |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
I agree with you in that sense Spitty. But I don't see how laptops in third world countries will teach them those tools.
Education in regards to math, science, english etc. would help them. Laptops aren't necessary at this stage in their life. |
You can use the laptop to teach them other subjects like math, science, etc.
Theoretically, it would be more cost efficient to the students as it would eliminate the cost of purchasing books, pencils and other school supplies. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
You can use the laptop to teach them other subjects like math, science, etc.
Theoretically, it would be more cost efficient to the students as it would eliminate the cost of purchasing books, pencils and other school supplies. |
Whereas students for years have been able to learn math and science without laptops, you do bring up a good point with cost efficiency. |
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| EvilTree |
^Interesting.
Just how much string tugging does the battery on this laptop will require... Well, that could be amusing |
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