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Wonder if Santa will come…

November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The ultimate Christmas gift went on sale yesterday…but you’ll have to act quick to get one.

The folks at One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) have opened up sales of this truly world-flattening device to residents of the US and Canada.  For a donation of US$399 you can get one cool laptop for yourself, and a second will be sent to a child in a developing country.

Conceived by Nicholas Negroponte and the folks at MIT, the goal of OLPC is to provide a connected laptop to every child in the third world, creating learning opportunities that empower them to become productive global citizens.  Originally available only to governments and agencies that would disseminate to schools and children in the developing world, the goal is to create a machine that would be Internet accessible and useful in conditions in developing nations.

Innovation is all through this machine, dubbed the XO Laptop. From the innovative Linux-based OS and unique connectivity sequence to the switchable B&W/color monitor and hand-cranked power option, the bright green unit stands out in the crowd.

What a great idea for a fundraiser at your school.  For $10K you can get a class set of 25 laptops, and another 25 go to children in the developing world.  Considering a set of laptops that we would get for our school would be pretty much double that, seems like a pretty good deal…although I am now sure how our purchasing and IS staff would react…:)

Thinking I better get that Christmas list started…

tags: technology, education, learning, whipple, olpc, MIT, one laptop per child 

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