One Laptop Per Child Making learning accessible through

One Laptop Per Child Making learning accessible through technology Tommy Gober tommygober@letu. edu

Goals § § Learning Scale vs. pilot Beyond school Features “It’s an education project, not a laptop project. ” --Nicholas Negroponte

Why? § Why not food, medicine, electricity, textbooks…? “This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within - within each child, within each scientist, scholar, or just plain citizen in the making…” --Kofi Annan

Project § § § Hardware Software Logistics Infrastructure Digital Education

Hardware § § Easy Innovative Exciting Robust

Networking § 802. 11 s § § Mesh Demo Marvell NIC External Antennae Range

Software § § Easy Innovative Nimble Transparent

Education § § § Constructivist Collaborative Personal Peer Targeted § 6 -16 yrs

Energy § Low consumption (~2 W) § Generators § Alternative Energy § Potenco “salad spinner” § Solar

Adopters ia r e g i N Rwanda d Thailan a Ar in t n ge B il z ra Uruguay Pe ru Nigerian Pilot Site

Help § § § Peripherals Software Design Education Ideas Translation Awareness Emulation

more /src § laptop. org § wiki. laptop. org § olpcnews. com § Emulation (VM, Live. CD) § University Chapter?

Tommy Gober, 2007 Le. Tourneau University