Bert Freudenberg wrote:
On Nov 12, 2007, at 6:54 , ax wrote:
On Nov 11, 2007 3:51 PM, Blake blake@kingdomrpg.com wrote:
...all those who are pursuing the OLPC goals are heroic in their way...
...Having said that, it probably was just a play on the fact that he's on "Heroes" and apparently has quite a cult following.
Once XO machines reach kids, we should expect OLPC folks taking video footage of kids really doing something with them - and those great footage would go around the globe - right? Kids themselves become proof - ambassadors.
So that much of the degenerated (er, for example, tv watching) adults and teachers and geeks would sit up straight and say
"okay, we have to live bit differently from now on. we have to use computers in bit more worthwhile, thoughtful ways."
(no? revolution won't arrive that way?
...it might come a little earlier if we make kids ambassadors. Or that's too cheap? )
There is quite some material about the XOs in kids hands already. You can read on the Wiki about the pilot schools, for example:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Galadima
Here is a nice one:
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/25/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode...
ax@still don't understand why Squeak website has no section made and run by kids(or youth)!
Because it takes a lot of effort to maintain. I agree there should be one, yes.
I guess we could make one. Are there any kids out there that want to do this ? I think a better way to go is to look at what Scratch has accomplished with their page at scratch.mit.edu. That is the kind of page etoy needs. Karl