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Join Us on Educational Technology Debate
If you are looking for cutting edge commentary and deep analysis of one laptop per child movements around the world, or really, any and all uses of technology in education, please direct your attention to: Educational Technology Debate That's where everyone is now. Join us…
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Shutting down OLPC News
Today we're announcing that we have decided to shut down OLPC News. That means we'll stop publishing new content but we won't take the site offline. In retrospective this is something that I should have done six months ago when Wayan first brought this up. Or at the very least I…
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News Flash: OLPC Association Lives On
While the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, the Boston branch of our favorite laptop project is dead, the OLPC Association, the Miami-based group focused on XO sales, jumped to life yesterday and pronounced its viability. Here is Giulia D'Amico, Vice President of Business…
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Goodbye One Laptop per Child
Here is a question for you: 8 years on, would you recommend anyone start a new deployment with XO-1 laptops? With the hardware now long past its life expectancy, spare parts hard to find, and zero support from the One Laptop Per Child organization, its time to face reality. The…
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A PhD Thesis About OLPC Asks: What are we doing? What are we bringing?
My name is Lars Bo Andersen and I have spent the last five years studying OLPC and, in particular, one small project at a school in Nigeria (which I call Akila's school after one of the students). I have written a PhD thesis about OLPC, Akila and the school which I defended at…
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OLPC Upgrades 7" XO Tablet and Adds 10" Version
Ahead of next week's Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas - an event which OLPC Association has repeatedly used for making announcements in recent years - Brad Linder from liliputing.com reports that OLPC Association and Vivitar will release a slightly updated version of the 7"…
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Happy New Year from OLPC News
photo by DustyDingo As I sit here and go through our posts from 2013 instead of getting ready for tonight's celebrations I can't shake one thought from my head: It's been a weird year when it comes to One Laptop per Child. And no, I don't mean that it's been a year in which…
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Walking far: OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2013
"If you want to walk fast, walk alone; but if you want to walk far, walk together". --African proverb, by way of Samuel Kobia Mark your calendar! We hope to see you at the fifth OLPC San Francisco Community Summit from October 18 to 20, 2013. The summit will be held at San…
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The XO Tablet - A First Impression in 750 Words
Its not often one gets to brag about owning the only gadget in a whole country - but as the XO Tablet is only available from the USA, and the Australia arm of OLPC aren't touching it, right now this is the case. Thanks to the generosity of fellow EdTech experimenters Wayan Vota…
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The Goals of OLPC Have Not Been Met Even With XO Tablets
My take on the XO Tablet is simple. If you were to mash it together with the original XO-1 laptop you'd have the perfect device--assuming you could get the price down to $100 or less. I think that has been the great, unfulfilled promise of the OLPC universe--the promise of an…
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Guest Post: My XO Tablet Technical Review and First Impressions
I bought a XO Tablet and have been playing around with it for a few days. Here what I think: My first impressions of the XO Tablet are positive. I love this thing. It is snappy. I have no problems with its responsiveness, zooming, video playing, music, and ebooks. In direct…
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The XO Tablet Violates Fundamental Concepts of One Laptop Per Child
I am Edward Lukacs and I have from the first considered tablets to be excellent playthings for those who use computers as adult toys. For adult work, on the other hands, they might best be considered large mobile phones for people who want to check email, etc. Secondly, the XO…
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Which Is Better: XO Tablet or Kindle Fire HD or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2?
Ram offers an interesting comparison I've heard a few times before. So let's do a side-by-side review of each device: XO Tablet, Kindle Fire HD, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.
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Why XO Tablets Are Not Good for Schools and Developing Countries
It's been great to read Wayan's thoughts on the XO Tablet and see the photos and videos of his daughters taking the tablet through the toddler-approval process. However when I read the draft of Thursday's "The XO Tablet Just Killed the XO Laptop" piece I couldn't help but start…
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The XO Tablet Just Killed the XO Laptop
I recently received an email from a person who is running a small pilot program in Africa. They were seeking my advice on XO Laptops versus XO Tablets: I currently am working with 4 schools with about 10 XO Laptops in each school. I want to add more computers to these schools…