Comments on: $100 Laptops for Children Unveiled

By: Play Library » India Rejects Laptops for Children

Play Library » India Rejects Laptops for Children — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:20:46 +0000

[...] India has decided that allowing its children to accept a $100 laptop each in the “one-laptop-per-child” (OLPC) initiative would make them guinea pigs. Classrooms and teachers are needed more urgently than laptops, Education Secretary Sudeep Banerjee said. The Indian Education Secretary also didn’t believe the OLPC had much support in other countries as well although Nigeria is ordering one million machines and the project is supported by a number of influential companies including Google. [...]

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei

Hsien-Hsien Lei — Thu, 25 May 2006 14:26:14 +0000

Kate: Wow, they sure were a long time coming. I hope the laptops will help make lots of kids happy and learning.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:21:02 +0000

I remember hearing about the prototypes for these in 1998 and waiting, waiting, waiting. It is so nice to finally see them.

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei

Hsien-Hsien Lei — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:19:07 +0000

mommyontheverge: Thanks for the comment! There’s definitely a lot of potential with these computers. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could provide computers to all kids everywhere? I know my son learns a lot from the time he spends on the computer and it’s a necessary skill for the future.

By: mommyontheverge

mommyontheverge — Wed, 24 May 2006 17:25:38 +0000

these are really really cool. Hope they will be made available to disadvantaged schools here in America someday.