I believe students of diverse levels learn a great deal with laptops, and that what they learn is very important, and that it place as part of classroom instruction, but that it just isn't measured well by today's standardized tests.
When questions were raised, in many cases answers were avoided. The most egregious tactic was to say "it's an education project, not a laptop project " whenever questions were raised about the elements of the laptop, and to say "we're only making a laptop" when questions came up about the educational goals and methods of the project.O que ele queria? Que o OLPC se metesse nos sistemas educacionais dos países? O OLPC faz o laptop e sugere usos. Cada país escolhe como implementar o projeto. Ou seja, o OLPC não é o único player no projeto. Cada um faz a sua parte.
As I pointed out in November 2005, the big problem with the OLPC project was the assumption that there is no need to work with the parents, the community leaders, and the working educators to develop the infrastructure needed to support the intended operation of the laptop.
"Work with companies to develop a host of low cost peripherals for the XO laptop.
Examples include the 10$ DVD player, a $100 projector, and a $0.10 oscilloscope adaptor.
The XO has three USB 2.0 ports on the laptop, one analog input through the the microphone
jack, and one analog output through the speaker jacks. Frequent travel to Asia required.
Languages: English is required, Chinese (Mandarin) desired. This job is based at
OLPC Headquarters in Cambridge Massachusetts."
Via http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-auxiliary-en-US .
