Getting access to XOs in Australia/NZ
Pia has just posted a detailed list of suggestions if you were ever interested in getting your hands on an OLPC XO laptop in Australia and New Zealand. Before she does, though, she makes an important note that I feel that I should copy here. I’ve seen people (especially at ZDnet) somewhat miffed once they [...]
OLPC interview @ eGames
While manning the EOL booth at eGames 2008 I was approached by the Internode content team, expensive video camera and all, to do a short interview about the One Laptop per Child program. Mostly it’s a rundown of the XO unit itself, but we talk about the ideas behind the project and what it might [...]
replacing an XO screen
Pia is pretty clever. Or maybe she’s just showing us how easy things are. Learn how to replace a broken XO screen while watching tuesday night TV!
Free Icon-To-Speech: Open-Source Speech for Disabled
While doing XO demonstrations at iDEF in Melbourne I had an interesting conversation with a man involved in disabled services. The discussion centred around accessibility and it brought to my mind things I hadn’t thought about before – specifically, where do disabled kids fit into the OLPC picture? Well, that’s partly answered by this fantastic [...]
Give 1 Get 1 Australia
It comes as a surprise but OLPC Australia has announced an Australian Give 1 Get 1 program, similar to those currently running overseas. Details are sparse but this is most exciting news, especially for those individuals I talked to during iDEF, who were very very keen to get involved. “Early 2009″ is the penciled in [...]
Breaking news – new detail on Australian OLPC deployment.
Over at OLPC Friends you can finally get some details on Australia’s first OLPC XO pilot. Pia’s been heading up the project, with an emphasis on remote collaboration rather than school-wide saturation and deployment. Available so far is the technical documentation, with more to follow… Today Pia Waugh has posted on her blog a link [...]
more OLPC media
Obviously Australian viewers don’t get to see these vids on TV (I assume they’re designed for air). Another “in a nutshell” video for anybody wondering about the OLPC project. These are running due to the Give 1 Get 1 program that has started this month, and will generate important exposure!
why give a laptop to a child?
This is a question I get asked a lot. Answering it usually involves me running off on my “The name ‘One LAPTOP per Child’ is a bit of a marketing blunder since this is an education project” rant. Thankfully there’s a little video that’s come out along with the launch of the latest Give 1 [...]
XO friendly video portal from Dailymotion
I meant to blog this when I saw it come through, but I’ve been playing catchup since the expo and only had time now. This is cool; Dailymotion have an XO friendly section (xo.dailymotion.com) which I have a feeling is going to be a very valuable resource for A/V demonstrations on the devices and of [...]
eGames – after the dust has settled
I’ve made it back home in one piece and after sitting around in a daze for a whole day, I’m ready to make a report. Event management seems to be a very particular and peculiar lifestyle. You’d have to have boundless personal energy and integrity to do it on a regular basis. You’d have to [...]
eGames expo post 1 (!?)
Well you would expect a tech convention to be absolutely saturated with Internet connections, but actually it’s taken me quite some time to get online. In addition to this, for some reason my card reader isn’t reading cards, so the photos are a bit light on at this stage. Apart from that I’ve been very [...]
Colombia signs up for OLPC laptops with Windows – Network World
Network world is carrying the following story that details OLPC’s second Windows based deployment to South America. It looks like Microsoft will be heavily involved in this one: Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project’s (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement [...]
here comes eGames – 14th-16th November – Melbourne
The eGames Expo will be in its third year when it kicks off this friday at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Despite being fairly close to the whole process, this year will be the first year I’ve been able to attend (and even then, it was touch and go!). eGames is packing some interesting things this [...]
olpc marketing issues
It’s been a good few months since I started to seriously focus on One Laptop per Child related things. After reading an article at ZDNet today, I can say that the challenge of getting people to understand OLPC as an education project rather than a computer project is huge. As I’ve said a few times [...]
One Velociraptor Per Child
Jurassic Park and OLPC related humor all rolled into one? What are the chances? I’ll take it! One Velociraptor Per Child’s mission is to increase the Darwinian fitness of the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-energy, internet-enabled velociraptor with content designed for collaborative, practical, self-empowered survival. [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og [...]
