I doubt that even at $100 EACH child can have a computer in the target income-bracket population
(each child in an upper income bracket may very well already have a computer in these regions...)
I think that the idea behind the project here is to make the computers as less expensive as possible to confirm an assumption that laptops will cause positive changes in lives of children who wouldn't have access to that technology otherwise. While it still looks like a good idea, I agree that income has always already played its role in access to education and again, there are children who go to schools with no pencils either ... Jarek
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What's wrong with community-access centers?
One does not think of community pencilskids have their own. They are tools to think with, sufficiently inexpensive to be used for work and play, drawing, writing, and mathematics. A computer can be the same, but far more powerful. Furthermore, there are many reasons it is important for a child to "own" somethinglike a football, doll, or booknot the least of which being that these belongings will be well-maintained through love and care.
I guess we don't talk much about grey markets for pencils, do we?
Jarek
From: "Joanne Jacobs" <joanne@joannejacobs.net> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:48:21 +1000
I've just discussed this on my blog, and while I'm a fan, I'm concerned about the business logistics of releasing the device among nations that will incubate a grey market for the product and possibly also develop scam imitations of the MIT-developed device.
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-----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2005 9:40 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
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From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtslander@sask.usask.ca> Date: September 28, 2005 7:33:45 PM EDT To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net Subject: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
Came across these sites:
haven't noticed this being discussed here.
A $100.00 dollar laptop running linux - intended for education in the developing world - and likely very practical for the developed world to.
http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1935&tag=nl.e589
prototype to be released at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) http://www.itu.int/wsis/ in November.
It looks like it is intended to support tablet style use (in addition to a keyboard)- so one can use it without using a keyboard. This opens many avenues.
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