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I’m on the left, using the One Laptop Per Child XO at THATCAMP. My pc crashed so I switched over to the XO and it worked fine for everything except my campus email’s pop up window to send messages. I switched over to using my Gmail account instead. The keys [...]
Posts Tagged ‘OLPC’
OLPC at THATCAMP
Posted in history, new media, oral history, tagged FLICKR, OLPC, thatcamp, vertov, zotero on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One Laptop Per Child in Ohio
Posted in Ohio, tagged Ohio, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are looking to form an Ohio Users Group for the One Laptop Per Child xo computer. If you are interested, please visit: http://en.forum.laptop.org/viewtopic.php?f=1304&t=150709
Ebooks for kids
Posted in Education, civic engagement, reading, tagged children's books, ebooks, Education, OLPC on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The One Laptop Per Child XO computer screen swivels and folds flat to make it easier to explore an ebook. Ebooks are a cool resource for the OLPC but you don’t need the XO to access ebooks for kids. The OLPC is set up to access a wonderful, international collection of children’s books [...]
One Laptop in Archaeology
Posted in history, tagged archaeology, OLPC on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A number of archaeology blogs have raised the possibility of using the One Laptop Per Child “XO” computer for field archaeology. See “One Laptop Per Archaeologist” on Pastxting.
Jump Start, OLPC, and Our Stories
Posted in oral history, tagged Isay, Jump Start, OLPC, OurStories, Unicef on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I highlighted the One Laptop Per Child project earlier on this blog. My husband and I volunteer with Jump Start, an after school enrichment and computer center located in public housing in Middletown, Ohio. Constrained by the OLPC “Give One. Get One.” deadlines (first Nov. 26 and then Dec. 31), I plunged into person-to-person [...]
