| Government of Uruguay to Distribute One Laptop Per Child Designed XO Tablets to Pre-School Children |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| First Country to Adopt OLPC Laptops at Full 1:1 Saturation Will Be First Country to Receive XO TabletsXO Tablets Will Feature Local Books and Be Customized for Uruguayan School System One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) will provide the government of Uruguay with 8000 of its newly released XO Tablets for distribution to pre-school and first grade children in the country. The OLPC/Uruguay pilot program (Plan Ceibal) is the world’s first government program designed to get educational technology into the hands of children ages six and under. \"Plan Ceibal has been one of the early adopters of the OLPC laptop, and Uruguay is the first country to have deployed and reached one-to-one laptop student and teacher saturation. We are very aware of the importance of integrating pedagogy and technology to enrich the educational experience of our children,\" said Uruguayan government official, Miguel Brechner. \"The engaging and intuitive nature of touch-screen technology, as well as the way OLPC has presented the contents of the tablet, will enable us to connect students and broaden their cognitive opportunities at an even younger age.\" |
| Source: Fort Mill Times (SC-USA) | Published: August 7th, 2013 |
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