Magda
Brilliant... I love what you are doing... I am sort of envious as there
are so many wonderful issues to research that I did not think of when I did
my doctoral work..
Anyhow... on to your topic...
there was a time when I was not a believer of OLPC... yet I am enlightened
now after
Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Norbert, I am no way a specialist of universal design - I don't
design, let alone universally - so I hope others will answer your
question as to its use for fighting the discriminations you list
below.
Claude, thanks a lot for sharing these valuable
Oddly enough, this morning I came across a true '$100 PC' in catching up
on a few things:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9413803799.html?kc=rss
In October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux
mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar
machine
Hi Magda. I don't know if you've heard or not but Birmingham, Alabama is
the first large scale dissemination of the XO laptops in the United
States. Birmingham is a high poverty city with around 90% African
American residents. I have a grant from the National Science Foundation
to examine the
Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux
mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar
machine for $120, according to a video blog report from the
/Internationale Funkausstellunga/ (IFA) consumer
Magda,
Good to hear about your research interests. At the risk of being
self-promoting, you may want to have a look at my two most recent
books, one on laptop programs in school (Laptops and Literacy) and
one on approaches to attacking the digital divide (Technology and
Social Inclusion).
I
Magda,
We are implementing OLPC in New York City also and looking at
researching its impact in two elementary schools. My gut is that its
school leadership that will make all the difference. However, I wanted
to make sure you had seen the site. We will be doing another study that
will look at
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Norbert Bollow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux
mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar
machine for $120, according to a video
That it is more robust certainly is nice. However, the fact that
infrastructure development is robbed by a well marketed feature filled
(narrated below) *product* does not mean that it will solve anything.
Odd that the iPhone was brought up - it has had such good marketing that
people are
