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Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetSola,This is a very thoughtful piece (even if I question the reality of XO-1.75). Can I republish this as a Guest Post on OLPC News (with a link back here)?
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetGlad to hear your gonna give a boost to OLE Nepal (give them my regards). Might you give OLPC News a Guest Post on what you’re doing? I know the readers would love to hear of your efforts.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetWhat's even more exciting is that Mary Lou told me that 3qi screens can be retrofitted into standard 10-inch netbooks that use 40 pin LDDS connectors in about 10 minutes.
Can you said Merry Hack-a-thon Christmas if she sells just the screens?
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI am close to giving up on technorati. Past the lack of traffic from the site to mine, its widgets are a joke. On my blog is stays I have 103 authority, but on the technorati site about my blog, I’m at 603.
Nice that it tells me I am at 1272 (just behind you) but I just don’t see its relevance anymore.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetSadly, those are limited production prototypes - Freeplay doesn't sell them. See OLPC Human Power Generation Reality Check.
I bet that one at OLPC Afghanistan is one of less than 12 ever made.
The closest to it for commercial use is their 12v charger: http://www.freeplayenergy.com/product/freecharg...
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetUm, what existing, commercial hand cranks for laptops? None exist that I know of. Potenco's ideas are still just that. Freeplay went with pedal power. The arm is way less efficient than the leg.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetDaniela,
I have your reply coming up as a Guest Post at 3pm Eastern Time. I've also succeeded in having your comment (and everyone else's) on UN Dispatch's article to be published here: http://www.undispatch.com/node/8867
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetExcellent article and sounds like you had fun!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetMensch, du machst mir ordentlich Lust auch wiedermal nach Taipei zu kommen…
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetSo do you always measure sinks with a fresh Benjamin? I usually choose a tape measure – less theft and if I forget where I put it, much less anguish.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetCan you turn your lack of XO’s into an advantage? Instead of everyone focusing on the shiny thing, you now have a chance to understand the teachers’ current pedagogy and brainstorm with them what they might want to improve or change. And by having so few XO’s the teachers would be forced to collaborate with each other to learn and work with them, a team building exercise in disguise.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetAnd last but not least, you’re always welcome to submit a Guest Post to OLPC News – a direct way to improve its content.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetOh and I did give alternative ideas to improve OLPCorps: http://www.olpcnews.com/people/volunteers/better_olpcorps_africa_program.html
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetWow, and you thought my post was all over the place? This one wanders a bit itself, but I’ll focus on the paragraph that is relevant to the OLPC News post in question.
“OLPCorps is commercial in nature rather than humanitarian”
That would be the impression you gave. I was thinking OLPCorps was to show small pilot successes until you mentioned Negroponte wanted it a sales operation. A point collaborated by other posts, you just said it the best.
“the OLPC training regimen was poorly planned,”
Hmm… where does that come from? The 5am quote? I was more trying to give the training a human aspect. I thought the quote humorous.
“Rwanda deserves no credit for developing itself on humanitarian aid dollars”
Whoa nelly! Now that’s a great reach. I never came close to saying anything like that. Not even sure how you got to that conclusion.
“OLPCorps volunteers need to get hands-on development experience but should also be really proud of what they’re going to accomplish”
Yes and yes, but more to the point, OLPCorps experience is development experience.
“what was the point of that article again?”
To synthesize the training experience of OLPCoprs through the writings of a select number of volunteers. And y’all happen to be good writers, hence the 3 quotes. Most would take that as a compliment.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetKatie,
This post really hits a big issue: there is real gender inequality in education. No moon rocks needed to see it first hand – just look at the OLPC pictures of XO’s outside of classrooms and the majority are little boys.
I hope that again, there might be a difference between Negroponte’s words and OLPCorps actions.
Could you take this on as your lasting impact on OLPC – a realization and structure to create gender equality in its educational offerings?
As the father of an XO loving daughter, I would love to know what Activities excite young female minds, and as a proponent of good development, I would love to know how to excite the minds of educators to include girls (and women) in life-long learning.