Monday, December 28, 2009

Can anyone help me to know more about a project called "One laptop for Each Child", initiated by MIT, USA

Can anyone help me to know more about a project called "One laptop for Each Child", initiated by MIT, USA?
This project is to be implemented in seven countries including India, China, Brazil, Nigeria etc. I would very much like to know who are the people working behind it and how I can contact them. I would like to do some work in this area. Help please.
Primary & Secondary Education - 4 Answers
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Answer 1 :
www.mit.com Search: 100 laptops for children
Answer 2 :
http://laptop.org/faq.en_US.html
Answer 3 :
This is what I found: It is called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Beginning from next year, one million Nigerian children of primary school age are to benefit from the $100 Laptop scheme under the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project designed to give children in developing countries access to knowledge, educational tools and bridging the digital divide between rich and poor countries.The project initiated by a United States based non-profit organisation now has t... Nicholas Negroponte's "One Laptop Per Child" dream of creating 100 dollar notebook computers for the world's poorest children, is rapidly gaining popularity with academics, journalists and world leaders. try these websites Good luck
Answer 4 :
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