GLOBAL 3000 | One Laptop Per Child -- Education in Ethiopia

The "One Laptop per Child" project established by a US non-profit organisation was set up to make laptops and Internet access available to children in the developing world.

Mass production began one year ago of the XO-1 Laptop, and 700,000 of them are now in use. In Ethiopia, 5000 computers have been bought with donations, and we visited Addis Abeba and a nearby village to see how they are changing the lives of teachers and students.

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[guro11456]

Dont I get one?!? XD

[Amrach1]

it is good but, the elders should trained first how to use the internet.

[bixlerscott]

To use this, you need to know English and how to type. It's not hard to teach and learn if each school has at least one teacher with these skills.

I know the 2 most critically important skills I was taught were English and typing as well as the ability to objectively analyze the many knowledge available in today's world as to make better informed decisions.

[neothomist1275]

"Through the computer, the heralds say, we will make education better, religion better, politics better, our minds better — best of all, ourselves better. This is, of course, nonsense, and only the young or the ignorant or the foolish could believe it.

" — Neil Postman

[radddy]

they all should add me on myspace

[me0000ww]

so cool