http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/04/26/penguicon-50/ Figure it out ... with me! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/04/26/penguicon-50/comment-page-1/#comment-4867 ConFigures » Blog Archive » 1 Laptop Per … Christmas? Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:52:42 +0000 http://configures.sarahelkins.org/?p=41#comment-4867 [...] I’ve been following the development of One Laptop Per Child with interest, even before I saw one up close in April. I like their Learning Vision, their open source approach to the hardware, software and content (freedom to tinker), and the hardware features (designed to be durable and useful in harsh environments). I’m not crazy about their main site front page or navigation, but at least their wiki has a lot of details. Now OLPC has announced a limited-time Give One Get One program which allows folks to pay $399 to send one xo laptop to a child in a developing nation (as part of a program, not just parachuted in), and another laptop to, as they say, your child at home. I’ve signed up to get a reminder when the program starts (November 12). I’m wondering if my siblings might donate similarly, so everyones’ kids could mesh with them whenever they get together (this Christmas, say?). Even without the social/collaborative/play capabilities of multiple xo laptops, though, they sound pretty spiffy: [...] [...] I’ve been following the development of One Laptop Per Child with interest, even before I saw one up close in April. I like their Learning Vision, their open source approach to the hardware, software and content (freedom to tinker), and the hardware features (designed to be durable and useful in harsh environments). I’m not crazy about their main site front page or navigation, but at least their wiki has a lot of details. Now OLPC has announced a limited-time Give One Get One program which allows folks to pay $399 to send one xo laptop to a child in a developing nation (as part of a program, not just parachuted in), and another laptop to, as they say, your child at home. I’ve signed up to get a reminder when the program starts (November 12). I’m wondering if my siblings might donate similarly, so everyones’ kids could mesh with them whenever they get together (this Christmas, say?). Even without the social/collaborative/play capabilities of multiple xo laptops, though, they sound pretty spiffy: [...]

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