[kictanet] Is the One Laptop Per Child Model Still Relevant in 2014?

[Walubengo J]

this is not my question but from the Educational Technology Debate forum which says:

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A decade ago, Nicholas Negroponte burst into the imagination of educators and technologies worldwide with a brilliant vision of every child in the developing world using a laptop to learn learning. At the time, this was a revolutionary idea, and it brought forth a seemingly endless stream of commentary, hype, and announcements of countries planning massive one computer per child programs.

Since then, the bright idea has run into the realities of technology change, inertia, and innovation, and while the One Laptop Per Child organization continues, no longer are there major announcements of deployments or even a groundswell of excitement around it. Which begs the question: Is the One Laptop Per Child model still relevant?

read more @

http://goo.gl/aqTZ7Q

or full url @
http://edutechdebate.org/2014-ict4edu-trends/is-the-one-laptop-per-child-model-still-relevant-in-2014/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationalTechnologyDebate+%28Educational+Technology+Debate%29

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walu.