Comments on: One Laptop Per Child http://librarygarden.net/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wayan http://librarygarden.net/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-2024 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-2024 Amy,
I made the comments about One Laptop Per Child as Editor of OLPC News http://www.olpcnews.com

Please join us there for a spirited debate about the project, the laptop, and changing education through computers.

]]> By: Tyler Rousseau http://librarygarden.net/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-1964 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:25:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-1964 I’ll be interested to see what long term results come from this program. Technology will bring kids into schools but they will also need a reason to stay. As with Paterson, Trenton’s students have little funds for a laptop as well; they may come in for the laptop but they will leave when the gang and violence issues become too much.

Ideally, the inexpensive laptop is used as a means to regenerate interest in education among the communities. But if it is the only thing improved upon for education and opportunity, we will have millions of children with waterproof laptops and fewer skills to use them.

]]> By: Tyler Rousseau http://librarygarden.net/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-5102 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:25:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/one-laptop-per-child/#comment-5102 I’ll be interested to see what long term results come from this program. Technology will bring kids into schools but they will also need a reason to stay. As with Paterson, Trenton’s students have little funds for a laptop as well; they may come in for the laptop but they will leave when the gang and violence issues become too much.

Ideally, the inexpensive laptop is used as a means to regenerate interest in education among the communities. But if it is the only thing improved upon for education and opportunity, we will have millions of children with waterproof laptops and fewer skills to use them.

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