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While in favor of the One Laptop per Child initiative for providing education to children in the developing world at a cheaper rate, he has pointed out that a $2,000 library can serve 400 children, costing just $5 a child to bring access to a wide range of books in the local languages (such as Khmer or Nepali) and English; also, a $10,000 ...
The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, [2] Children's Machine, [3] 2B1 [4]) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, [5] to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to "explore, experiment and express themselves" (constructionist learning). [6]
The term 1:1 computing in education is now redefined to a situation where students have access to a device per individual that is used in the teaching as a tool for learning. Historically, the programs have centered around the following devices: Laptops (Windows and Mac) 1990s-2010. iPads (with some competing Android and Windows devices) 2010-2014
Neonode ® Powers One Laptop Per Child's Newly Launched Laptop XO-4 Touch Neonode's Robust and Efficient Multisensing ® Solution For Laptop Convertibles Debuts on Acclaimed OLPC Laptop Device ...
Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte is the author of the 1995 book Being Digital translated into more than forty languages. [1]
Kennedy et al (2006 b-c) have already analysed the possibilities of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) (Wikipedia 2006d) and the side effects, the knock-on effects, the communities, the benefits and changes to the communities, the formation of new communities, the changing teaching patterns and rural life, creative teaching, lifelong learning, ad hoc ...
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Mary Lou Jepsen is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware. She was the co-founder and first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), and later founded Pixel Qi in Taipei, Taiwan, focused on the design and manufacture of displays.