XO Giving
web discussion at Slashdot
OLPC wiki narrating their development in terms of cooperation
"People say that because modifying technology is often difficult, only a small percentage of users -- especially young users -- will take advantage of the malleability or "hackability" of a product. They are probably right. But part of why this happens is because when computers are employed in education, we use them as tools to accomplish predefined and preprogrammed tasks. Even when students learn to program, it's in a window (quite literally in a box) separate from the rest of the things that the computer does"
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.