Comments on: One Laptop Per Child revisited http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/ Roman Kennke's ramblings Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Paul Johnson http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-15238 Paul Johnson Fri, 11 May 2007 03:24:09 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-15238 I agree, the OLPC is a not the solution but a starting point for development. This project needs to be handled in a sensitive way. Different needs and cultures must be addresses properly. Only then will the One Laptop Per Child project be a success. http://www.portableuniverse.co.uk I agree, the OLPC is a not the solution but a starting point for development. This project needs to be handled in a sensitive way. Different needs and cultures must be addresses properly. Only then will the One Laptop Per Child project be a success.
http://www.portableuniverse.co.uk

]]> By: Bill Kerr http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-4008 Bill Kerr Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:49:06 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-4008 hi roman, Thanks for rethinking your views. Some of the negative points you made about the OLPC are answered directly on the <a href='http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_myths' rel="nofollow"> OLPC myths </a> page I particularly like this bit which is at the bottom of the page: "Then what? * Oh, just another 200 or so countries where 6,000+ languages are spoken, major health problems, the odd civil war or tyranny, a little of this and a little of that, you know. No shortage of challenges. The perfect setting for a flowering of ingenuity that will put the Industrial Revolution to shame. I'm counting on the brainpower and energy of a few hundred million hungry children. You and I can't out think them, especially not in advance. So are you going to stand there cursing the darkness, or teach people to make candles?" hi roman,

Thanks for rethinking your views. Some of the negative points you made about the OLPC are answered directly on the OLPC myths page

I particularly like this bit which is at the bottom of the page:

“Then what?

* Oh, just another 200 or so countries where 6,000+ languages are spoken, major health problems, the odd civil war or tyranny, a little of this and a little of that, you know. No shortage of challenges. The perfect setting for a flowering of ingenuity that will put the Industrial Revolution to shame. I’m counting on the brainpower and energy of a few hundred million hungry children. You and I can’t out think them, especially not in advance.

So are you going to stand there cursing the darkness, or teach people to make candles?”

]]> By: Mark Wielaard http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-3425 Mark Wielaard Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:38:25 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-3425 Probably the best resource is the laptop.org wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Our_mission http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Learning_Vision http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_ideas There is also a planet (mainly focussed on the technical issues though) http://planet.laptop.org/ Probably the best resource is the laptop.org wiki:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Our_mission
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Learning_Vision
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_ideas

There is also a planet (mainly focussed on the technical issues though)
http://planet.laptop.org/

]]> By: Jeff Waddell http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-3354 Jeff Waddell Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:12:58 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/01/03/one-laptop-per-child-revisited/#comment-3354 laptop.org is where the open development of this project is taking place. Being child focused is very important to many if not all of us doing this work. You are invited to come a participate and help make this technology the best it can be for it's intended audience. Thanks laptop.org is where the open development of this project is taking place. Being child focused is very important to many if not all of us doing this work. You are invited to come a participate and help make this technology the best it can be for it’s intended audience.

Thanks

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