| One Tablet Per Child: Technology Making a Difference |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Even if you only have a passing interest in technology and philanthropy, you'll probably have heard of Nicholas Negroponte and his One Laptop Per Child initiative. There were two main parts to the OLPC scheme - creating a usable laptop that cost $100, and getting said machines into the hands of children throughout the developing world. As successful as the OLPC scheme has been, it only addressed half the problem, in as much as all the children still needed someone to teach them how to use their laptops, and educate them thereafter. Ultimately, any tool is only useful if you know how to use it and get the best from it. Now Negroponte is taking his vision to the next level, whereby children can learn to read without the need for a teacher or a traditional classroom structure. He believes that children are engineered to learn, and by encouraging this natural curiosity through entertaining interaction, the need for a traditional educational model is all but eradicated. |
| Source: ITProPortal (UK) | Published: May 15th, 2012 |
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