Kenyan Children Receive Their OLPC Laptops

Rocketboom's Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the adoption of the XO laptop in Kenya.

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• XO
• OLPC
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• children
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[igykalen]

1:43 We have made contact.

[Omniofaco]

That little girl was so cute!

[goldenresidueofbliss]

@NotaBeetleFan Judging by your name, I assume you enjoy always being against popular things. I adore grammar, and I deplore today's way of writing with the aid of technology just as much as you do. But as long as these children continue caring more about learning, and don't drift onto nonsensical websites and change their priorities, they'll stay true to writing well and good. Plus, I really doubt they'd even think it was appropriate to write like that.

[cukrius]

1:40 OMG OMG ALIEN ALIEN

[MTOTOwaNYAYO]

Wrong country. Tanzania and not Muslims do that. Its ppl who believe in witchcraft

[maria16president]

good job!

[NotaBeetleFan]

The bad thing, is that in a lot of kids, that's true. They don't know how to socialize with real people. They can't spell. They can't write.

Recently a journalist student wrote a real good article in the University paper on how we've actually "dummied" ourselves down with technology. Using u r, brb, sol, etc. instead of spelling words because we're lazy, using spell check and not bothering to actually learn how to spell, etc.

Ever talk to someone, and say out loud, "LOL!"

[NotaBeetleFan]

Hey, me too. ;-)

[NotaBeetleFan]

They'll make money. Yeah, like the Nigerian scam. Go on webs cut and paste beautiful pics of girls, get some idiot American guy to think HE is a "she" and cry that they need money...Idiot American sends Credit card money or other methods, cry some more, more money....

How about teach the kids to grown crops and clean the water and set up cleaner methods to clean area and reduce disease? Computers are ok, but take loads of petrol products and water to make them and is hard on environment.

[Gammaclipper]

Head of Imani Primary is right. Geeze, she's like that pelvis-faced guy from Mask.

[TehBryMan]

im currently doing a research project for school and a small section of it is concerned with the digital divide. While doing it i remembered this video haha. Thanks Rocketboom for giving me something interesting to write about ^_^