Comments on: A $10 laptop?

By: Roger Whaley

Roger Whaley — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

This has the inspired feel of the US in the 1960s. A country on a mission.

A $10 laptop seems as far-fetched as putting men on the moon.

I don’t think this is impossible for India. This project may work better for them than the One Laptop Per Child program, because it is happening within their country. WE are building it, rather than we are buying it from somebody else.

Inspired and I hope they do it. Wish it was happening here.

By: John Hampton

John Hampton — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if the USA could get back to that “mission mind” when it comes to education? Surely we can have higher goals than, “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”

By: ande warren

ande warren — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

…the discussion is starting with the NEW Singularity University (kurzweil).. and the technologies that are changing exponentially and reshaping the technological landscape.
this device would most likely fall into that category..
(there was a reference of Ames.. fill out your admission ticket)

By: ande warren

ande warren — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

http://singularity-university.org/overview/ forgot to post link

By: Jim McGuire

Jim McGuire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

I keep waiting to read somewhere, anywhere about the new one laptop per child initiative in the United States. Every day I wonder how we can continue to talk about best ways to educate, but a simple tool like a laptop for each student rarely gets mentioned.

By: Roger Whaley

Roger Whaley — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

http://www.olpcnews.com/people/leadership/olpc_america_action_needed.html Birmingham, Alabama is in pilot program mode last I heard. They were thinking that they would eventually use 15000....

By: Bill Ferriter

Bill Ferriter — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Hey Scott,

Thanks for this post—I hadn’t heard much about India’s efforts for a $10 laptop yet.

I can’t wait to see how this kind of project is received in the rest of the world. Will “we” see empowering those living in the parts of our world furthest removed from opportunity as an opportunity? Or will “we” see it as a threat?

Not only is ensuring that everyone has opportunities a moral obligation that I believe the world should embrace, it is—I think—an avenue to improving our world. More learners and thinkers sharing more information can only mean good things—economically, politically, environmentally, socially—-for everyone.

Sadly, I’m not sure that “everyone” will see it the same way….

Bill

By: Michael Vitelli

Michael Vitelli — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Add the new learning Toy as well...has great potential. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html