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The Technological Leveller
(World) Phatgnat has known about this initiative for some time now but it seems to be gathering pace—$100 laptops are being developed by the MIT Media Lab and their partners (who include AMD, Google and News Corp.) to be used as a tool to educate the worlds children and youth.
It is rare to have so many partners involved in one initiative, however, the nature of the project and the different sectors that the partners are from means there is no competition or conflict of interest.
Nicholas Negroponte, Lab chairman and co-founder, says 'One does not think of community pencils—kids have their own. They are tools to think with, sufficiently inexpensive to be used for work and play, drawing, writing, and mathematics. A computer can be the same, but far more powerful. Furthermore, there are many reasons it is important for a child to 'own' something—like a football, doll, or book—not the least of which being that these belongings will be well-maintained through love and care.'
Be interesting to see the development of this initiative. Although technology is usually a social seperator lets hope that it will soon become an educational leveller.
Wired article link.
UPDATE—CNN article link.
Filed by DK on April 8 2005
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