Project For Awesome: One Laptop Per Child

Give a Laptop. Get a Laptop. Change the world. An education project to put low-cost, connected laptops in the hands of the poorest children in the world. www.laptop.org Please donate whatever you can to OLPC on this FaceBook Causes page apps.facebook.com More OLPC photos and videos on Flickr www.flickr.com To give a laptop and get [...]

November 28th, 2009 by admin 
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Rwanda aims for one laptop per child

Low-cost laptops have now reached children in 31 developing nations, including Rwanda. The One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) launched in Rwanda in October with the aim of providing computer access to the countrys 2.3 million schoolchildren. President Paul Kagame has supported the program and efforts to expand schooling and educational resources in the country. [...]

August 11th, 2009 by admin 
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Microwaving An OLPC Laptop In HD Widescreen

Welcome to dOvetastic Microwave Theater. Today your professional microwave operator is going to be microwaving an OLPC for your viewing pleasure. “OLPCslug” original artwork is available for only 001 signed and dated here at this Ebay Auction: cgi.ebay.com 80% Of the proceeds from this art sale go directly to the OLPC Foundation, That is enough [...]

July 21st, 2009 by admin 
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one laptop per child XO prototype at siggraph 2007

matthew hockenberry of creativesynthesis.net demonstrates the one laptop per child’s fourth production prototype of the ‘hundred-dollar laptop’ at siggraph 2007 – video by leonardo bonanni of hyperexperience.com FAQ -Yes, this is the hundred dollar laptop -No, you can’t buy one – they are only sold to governments in minimum orders of one million -It actually [...]

June 14th, 2009 by admin 
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Seymour Papert Interview – One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Interview with Seymour Papert – Speaking on behalf of the One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC). A mathematician by training, Seymour Papert was one of the early pioneers of artificial intelligence. He is also internationally recognized as a primary thinker regarding computers and pedagogy for children. One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give [...]

June 4th, 2009 by admin 
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Masi Oka Interview – One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Interview with Masi Oka – Speaking on behalf of the One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC). One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give One Get One Program in North America through December 31, 2007. For 9, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one that will be sent to empower a child to learn [...]

April 19th, 2009 by admin 
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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Give One Get One

laptop.org Masi Oka speaks on behalf of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation about the Give One Get One opportunity. Again in 2008, One Laptop Per Child is offering a Give One Get One Program for a brief window of time in North America. For 9, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one that [...]

April 16th, 2009 by admin 
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Unboxing Live 032: OLPC XO-1 One Laptop Per Child computer

http://unboxing.gearlive.com – In this episode, we open up the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) XO-1 laptop computer. The XO-1, previously known as the 0 Laptop or Children’s Machine, is an inexpensive laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world,[1] to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to [...]

March 13th, 2009 by admin 
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One Laptop Per Child

Google Tech Talks
April 12, 2007
ABSTRACT
The mission of the One…

March 4th, 2009 by admin 
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One Laptop per Child : Zimi’s Story FULL

Zimi’s story, recorded for One Laptop per Child in South Africa. The impact of OLPC on education and one child’s life.

February 25th, 2009 by admin 
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OLPC Mission, Part 1: Principles and Child Empowerment

One Laptop per Child: http://laptop.org
It’s an education project, not a laptop project. Inexpensive, durable, networked laptops are important to better education everywhere in the world, empowering children and communities, and sharing access to modern skills with every child on the planet.

February 11th, 2009 by admin 
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Internet Archive-XO laptop

Brewster Kahle demonstrates the XO laptop as an e-book reader

February 9th, 2009 by admin 
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$98 Linux Laptop from China – The HiVision MiniNote

HiVision makes one of the worlds cheapest Linux laptops at using a new cheaper chipset, WiFi, 1GB flash storage, it runs Linux, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, SDHC card reader, audio in and out. Voice-chat, Skype, multi-tabbed Firefox browser support, Abiword for word processing. Automatic online software updates. Their current model is based on a [...]

February 8th, 2009 by admin 
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Inside One Laptop per Child: Episode one

This is the story of the litte green laptop that could. Meet the faces behind the One Laptop per Child initiative and see what they do every day in the Cambridge, MA office. Sit in on a brainstorming session. And find out what you can do to help.

February 7th, 2009 by admin 
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OLPC Mission, Part 2: The XO Laptop, design for learning

Why give a Laptop? See http://laptop.org and http://laptop.org/givemany
Substitute the word Laptop, with the word Education, and you have much of the answer. XOs make it possible to collaborate, learn, teach, and publish at no cost. They inspire new forms of learning, and attention to education. And the provide access to [...]

February 2nd, 2009 by admin 
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