Could this be the dawn of the Low-cost laptop for schools
By Paul McMahon on Nov 6, 2007 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Learning for a Flat World
I have just been reading some postings about the contracts that have been announced for supply of the new wave of low-cost, net-connected laptops designed for kids in developing countries. Here is what eschool news had to say:
Mere hours after news broke that Uruguay’s government placed the first official order for the One Laptop Per Child initiative’s XO, or “$100 laptop,” chip giant Intel Corp. announces that Libya has ordered 150,000 of Intel’s own version of the low-cost laptop, the Classmate PC.
Above is a picture of both devices XO on the left and Classmate PC on the right.
Could we be looking at tools that are really going to change what happens in classrooms from this point onward?
I really can’t see teachers saying that there is no point preparing to have every child with a laptop anymore as even the poorest schools may soon have 1:1 access.
Food for thought indeed!
2 Comment(s)
You were right! Morning has broken on a new era of computers. The students and schools will surely benefit. Check out NETBOOKSFORSCHOOLS.COM if you are looking for a netbook for school. Students and teachers are welcome.
Have been wiaitng to see those XO laptops and analyse them for a long time…havent received much on them yet !