I've been thinking about technology in education a lot lately and recently (at Computex) I had the opportunity to discuss some of the issues with Geekcorps Wayan Vota. Naturally we got talking about the OLPC program, discussing the pros and cons as usual. He made a comment that summed up my thoughts on the OLPC program perfectly, by calling it the 'Gods Must be Crazy' solution. I thought the description so fitting that I 'borrowed' it as a title for an article I've just written on the OLPC program, which I suspect many of you will agree with. The article can be found at VIApc-1.com
URL: http://www.viapc-1.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=408&Itemid=1&lang=en 'At the end of the day, I just can't ignore the fact that as inexpensive as an individual '$100 laptop' might sound, $100 million+ dollars is a hell of a lot of money for most of the countries it is intended for. And without the groundwork being suitably laid before deployment, it's a bit like developing this great little widget and then dropping them out of the sky.' Best regards, Josh Holmes Editor www.viapc-1.com _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
