[ale] Astounded in Arahuay

[Charles Shapiro]

Heh. This is not just happening in Peru. There's an OLPC deployment
happening right next door in Alabama (
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/11/students_will_get_laptops_with.html ) as
well.

I'm trying to get involved in OLPC development. I've got some early OLPC
PyGTK code running and I'm talking to the OLPC-DEV list.  I hope to
contribute when I  (and they) can figure it all out. The prospect of helping
some actual kids out with code is very seductive.

My fear, of course, is that we're raising a whole new generation of 419
spammers. Talk about Unintended Consequences!

-- CHS


On 3/10/08, Tim Watts <timtw at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> WOW! I'm in awe at the potential social consequences of this project.
> Think of
> all the heretofore untapped brain-power that's going to be developed.
> While
> we're busy here in the U.S. turning our kids into expert test-takers, the
> kids in Peru are getting the beginnings of a real education. How far will
> it
> go? Given the Law of Unintended Consequences I'd say next generation of
> New
> Thinkers may well come from Peru or Rwanda.
>
> Thanks for the link!
>
> (BTW, not trying to open a debate on NKLB; so please ignore if I've pushed
> a
> button.)
>
>
> On Saturday 08 March 2008 12:26 am, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> >       In consideration of that very interesting talk we saw on the OLPC,
> I
> > happen to just catch this link off of Groklaw I though I would share.
> >
> >       Astounded in Arahuay
> >       http://radian.org/notebook/astounded-in-arahuay
> >
> >       Mike
>
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