Top Ten Issues of One Laptop Per Child
Top Ten Issues of One Laptop Per Child: 1. The Community of Learning vs. The Cult of the North American Individual: The name OLPC is a problem as the focus is on Personal Computers for Individuals ignoring the fact that community feedback is crucial part of learning. Self directed learning cannot be effective without feedback […]
Read MoreHRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality-India-The Times of India
HRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality-India-The Times of India: Having rejected Nicholas Negroponte’s offer of $100 laptops for schoolchildren, HRD ministry’s idea to make laptops at $10 is firmly taking shape with two designs already in and public sector undertaking Semiconductor Complex evincing interest to be a part of the project. So far, […]
Read MoreSeeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops – New York Times
Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops – New York Times: So the Liverpool Central School District, just outside Syracuse, has decided to phase out laptops starting this fall, joining a handful of other schools around the country that adopted one-to-one computing programs and are now abandoning them as educationally empty  and worse. —– […]
Read MoreThe Best and Worst Internet Laws
Articles: The Best and Worst Internet Laws Date: Apr 20, 2007 By Eric Goldman. Over the past dozen years, the lure of regulating the Internet has proven irresistible to legislators. For example, in the 109th Congress, almost 1,100 introduced bills referenced the word Internet, and hundreds of Internet laws have been passed by Congress and […]
Read More'$100 Laptop' to Cost $175
‘$100 Laptop’ to Cost $175: That’s partly because at least seven nations have expressed interest in being in the initial wave to buy the little green-and-white “XO” computers – Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya – but it remains unclear which ones will be first to pony up the cash. The project needs […]
Read Morefrom Doc: The Living Edge
The Living Edge: David Sifry has just put up The State of the Live Web, April 2007. To explain the Live Web, he points to a pair of pieces I wrote in 2005. If you’d like a more visual explanation, follow the slides from this talk I gave at OSCON last summer, starting here. —– […]
Read MoreUNESCO Survey on Infoethics Released
UNESCO Survey on Infoethics Released: “Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies” A UNESCO survey on INFOethics Cover of the publication, copyright UNESCO The survey was prepared by Mary Rundle and Chris Conely of the NGO Geneva Net Dialogue at UNESCO’s request. In presenting the results, an introductory story is first provided of how the technologies covered […]
Read MoreInternational Journal of Internet Research Ethics
Announcing the release of the International Journal of Internet Research Ethics Call for Papers for the Premier Issue of IJIRE Description and Scope: The IJIRE is the first peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on Internet Research Ethics. All disciplinary perspectives, from those in the arts and humanities, to the social, behavioral, […]
Read MoreLanguages in Cyberspace
Languages in Cyberspace: Today various forces threaten linguistic diversity, particularly on the Internet. UNESCO seeks to promote wider and more equitable access to information networks by supporting the creation of linguistically and culturally diverse content in cyberspace and offering possibilities for the preservation of endangered languages. Read more about UNESCO’s language s in cyberspace efforts. […]
Read MoreFree Music Project: Creativity on Children's Machine XO
Free Music Project: Creativity on Children’s Machine XO: While we are all impressed by mini TamTam, the OLPC XO music generation software, not every child is a composer at heart. But every child can find joy, fun, creativity, and education in music. We wanna sing & dance! That’s the idea behind the Free Music Project, […]
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