One Laptop Per Child

has anyone heard of this?? Opinions??

http://laptopgiving.org/en/give-one-get-one.php

Re: One Laptop Per Child

never heard of this but what a terrific idea! i am now seriously considering it!

Re: One Laptop Per Child

this, however, concerns me:

"Neither OLPC Foundation nor One Laptop per Child, Inc. has service facilities, a help desk or maintenance personnel in the United States or Canada. Although we believe you will love your XO laptop, you should understand that it is not a commercially available product and, if you want help using it, you will have to seek it from friends, family, and bloggers. One goal of the G1G1 initiative is to create an informal network of XO laptop users in the developed world, who will provide feedback about the utility of the XO laptop as an educational tool for children, participate in the worldwide effort to create open-source educational applications for the XO laptop, and serve as a resource for those in the developing world who seek to optimize the value of the XO laptop as an educational tool. A fee based tech support service will be available to all who desire it. We urge participants in the G1G1 initiative to think of themselves as members of an international educational movement rather than as “customers.” "

Re: One Laptop Per Child

We were just talking about it briefly today. Seems like a terrific idea though.