Thank you OLPC . . .

I learned of this article from the Times of London on Assorted Stuff. It is about the struggles that the One Lap Top Per Child (OLPC) initiative has had to overcome from Microsoft and Intel. Though I don't see us using the XO, the latest version of the OLPC computer, we have much to thank them for. It was their initial efforts to provide lap tops to the world's poorest children that began the proliferation of cheaper lap tops that we are now seeing come on line. At some point in time I do see us finding the lap top that works on our system, that provides the access our work demands, and that is priced in a range that allows us to significantly increase access for all students in our district.

Did you know that the OLPC is driven by the constructivist philosophy, the driver of our curriculum work? Negroponte was influenced by the work of Seymour Papert, the father of constructivist learning.