[Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop

[Radhika Gajjala]

>from the MIT laptop site:
>
>Why is it important for each child to have a computer?



I doubt that even at $100 EACH child can have a 
computer in the target income-bracket population


(each child in an upper income bracket may very 
well already have a computer in these regions...)

r

>  What's wrong with community-access centers?
>
>One does not think of community pencils—kids 
>have their own. They are tools to think with, 
>sufficiently inexpensive to be used for work and 
>play, drawing, writing, and mathematics. A 
>computer can be the same, but far more powerful. 
>Furthermore, there are many reasons it is 
>important for a child to "own" something—like a 
>football, doll, or book—not the least of which 
>being that these belongings will be 
>well-maintained through love and care.
>
>http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
>
>I guess we don't talk much about grey markets for pencils, do we?
>
>Jarek
>
>>From: "Joanne Jacobs" <joanne at joannejacobs.net>
>>Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>To: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
>>Subject: RE: [Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
>>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:48:21 +1000
>>
>>I've just discussed this on my blog, and while I'm a fan, I'm concerned
>>about the business logistics of releasing the device among nations that will
>>incubate a grey market for the product and possibly also develop scam
>>imitations of the MIT-developed device.
>>
>>____________________________________________
>>
>>Joanne Jacobs, Project Manager
>>Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID)
>>A Commonwealth Cooperative Research Centre
>>http://www.joannejacobs.net/
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>>[mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy
>>Hunsinger
>>Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2005 9:40 AM
>>To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>Subject: [Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
>>
>>
>>
>>Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>>  From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtslander at sask.usask.ca>
>>>  Date: September 28, 2005 7:33:45 PM EDT
>>>  To: schoolforge-discuss at schoolforge.net
>>>  Subject: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
>>>  Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss at schoolforge.net
>>>
>>>
>>>  Came across these sites:
>>>
>>>  haven't noticed this being discussed here.
>>>
>>>  A $100.00 dollar laptop running linux - intended for education in the
>>>  developing world - and likely very practical for the developed
>>>  world to.
>>>
>>>  http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
>>>  http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1935&tag=nl.e589
>>>
>>>  prototype to be released at  World Summit on the Information
>>>  Society (WSIS)
>>>  http://www.itu.int/wsis/ in November.
>>>
>>>  It looks like it is intended to support tablet style use (in
>>>  addition to a
>>>  keyboard)- so one can use it without using a keyboard.  This opens
>>>  many
>>>  avenues.
>>>
>>>  Gord
>>>  --
>>>  Gordon J. Holtslander     /     Dept. of Biology
>>>  holtslander at sask.usask.ca  /    University of Saskatchewan
>>>  tel 306 966-4433          /     112 Science Place
>>>  fax 306 966-4461          /     Saskatoon, SK Canada
>>>                            /     S7N 5E2
>>>
>>
>>Jeremy Hunsinger
>>Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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