One Laptop Per Child
Low-Cost, Lightweight Laptops for Learning
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007I’m not at all in love with my laptop.
It was purchased just over a year ago for about $1,200. It has a battery that lasts about 2.5 hours, which gets me about 30 percent of the way on most of my business trips. And, although it was marketed as lightweight, it feels like I’m carrying [...]
It’s Official, Here’s the Kindle
Monday, November 19th, 2007Amazon launched their e-book reader this morning. Here’s a demo from the Amazon site.
I can’t help thinking it looks like a big cheap calculator or perhaps a medical device. =:0 At the very least, Amazon should make it available in nice colors.
Interestingly, in this Newsweek article about the Kindle, the One Laptop per Child XO [...]
One Laptop Per Child: “Give One Get One” Starts Today
Monday, November 12th, 2007Between November 12 and November 26, One Laptop per Child is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. Buy two laptops, and one will be sent to a child in a developing country. You get the other for a child in your life.
This is a revolutionary machine. Here’s a [...]
The Biggest Learning Technology Story of 2007
Thursday, November 8th, 2007November 12, 2007 is the official launch of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative.
It’s been less than two years since Nicholas Negroponte presented at the World Economic Forum the idea for a $100 laptop that would be distributed to children in developing countries. High profile companies, including AMD, News Corp., Google, and Red Hat, [...]
