This is a bit offtopic but.... I realize the hardware is likely long since finalized, but would it be feasible to add a transister radio reciever? Ie lessons or updated testing materials could be broadcast nationwide, as could the testing material, and followed by keys for correcting the tests, and training material for various interests.
The information could be staggered by time and freuqency so huge amout of information could be disseminated. Additionally information that is time critical could be transmitted back immediately on emergency broadcasts. Prior to OLPC I'd designed (but not implemented) an education plan fwhere radio, tv, and newspapers are used for broadcasting teaching information, where everything is self graded, then final exams can be attended at centralized controlled testing facilities. (Another option was that they could take the final exam anywhere unsupervised, but then a random selection of questions could be done at the central testing location or at a potential employer for confirmation) Something like OLPC would be a major enhancement over this idea, but this could well be outside of OLPCs scope. Tom M. -- olpc-software mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/olpc-software
