The influence of OLPC on our education

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The influence of OLPC on our education
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Overview

• Millennium goals
• The concept of OLPC
• The XO and XO 2
• Foundation OpenWijs.nl projects
• The influence of OLPC on our education

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Millennium goals

• In 2000 189 world leaders of the UN have signed a
  contract about 8 millennium goals
• In 2015 put an end to poverty, disease,
  inequality and environmental problems
• Nr 2 primary education for every child anywhere
  in the world
• Now 77 million children don't go to primary
  school (39 million due to conflicts).The
  majority - 70 million - are girls.

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Hello children of the world!

• we view the children as a mission
• Intel Microsoft view them as a market

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One Laptop Per Child OLPC

• It's not a laptop project, it is an educational
  project
• Open hardware XO mini laptop
• Open source software Sugar educational
  software
• Open content
• New educational model for many countries

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De 100 laptop XO high-tech!

• Very cheap 188
• Light (1,3 kg)?
• Tablet swivel screen
• New LCD screen
• readable in the sun BW
• perfect for reading eBooks
• 200 dpi sharp
• Free and open software Sugar based on Linux

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XO

• Multimedia webcam, speakers, micro
• More downloadable applications
• safest laptop may be used on your lap, in
  accordance with UL safety certification
• cleanest laptop Green PC
• Theft Protection remote on / off

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Low power consumption

• 0,3 5W
• battery life 5 16 hours!
• Powered by the sun, human, animals

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Appearance a statement
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Mesh network

• Remote cooperation!
• Wifi up to 2000 m
• send and receive
• no wires needed
• fast intranet
• telephone

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Mobile lab
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Robust 1.5 m fall (closed)?
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Splash proof
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Dirt proof
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Satellite connection
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Easy to repair
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XO 2
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XS Schoolserver

• Special for Linux laptops and XO
• Cheap (NL 2000,-E in stead of 5000,-E)?
• Sustainable / Low power consumption
• Fast internet connection for all XO's
• Back-up
• Filters virus / spam / parent control
• Virtual machine CD-rom's from publishers

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Software

• Linux operating system Sugar
• Easy to learn user interfaces, not easy for
  Microsoft addicts
• Each program has tabs with more features all the
  basic functionality is present
• complete "Office" package e-mail, Web browsing,
  word processing, spreadsheet, presentations etc
• Dozens of educational programs installed or
  downloadable

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Educational model

• Seymour Papert
• constructionism teach children to do something
  rather than teach them about something.
• LOGO programming language
• a device called a turtle small robot holding a
  pen, programmed to draw
• book Mindstorms
• LEGO Mindstorms robotic kits.

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700.000 laptops
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Developed countries

• New York 50.000
• Florence 15.000
• Venice, Milan, 10.000 each
• Small pilots worldwide, including the Netherlands

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First results 3th World

• Used as a light source in houses
• As a mobile phone call the doctor, collaboration
  between farmers, etc
• Take pictures
• Children come to school again, girls also, just
  like when you provide food
• Parents understand better the use of schools
• It is a robust and excellent laptop
• Children learn faster and better

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First results Netherlands

• After 1 week
• Read an eBook (digital schoolbook)?
• Texteditor answer questions and writing stories
• Geoquiz, play with topografie
• Memory make your own game and play with
  counting, practise English words,
• Measure the distance between 2 XO's
• Speak, typ in text and read out loud by the XO
• Surf find information on the internet

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Foundation OpenWijs.nl

• good, affordable, electronic and open education,
• based upon a
• fair, sustainable and multicultural educational
  concept

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OLPC Projects OpenWijs.nl

• Promotion of the concept
• Localization
• Implementation, start with small pilots
• Distribution and after sales
• Donate a laptop / sponsor a project
• Schoolservers for Linux laptops
• Twinning projects, Dutch school school in
  developing country

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OLPC Projects OpenWijs.nl

• Platform for open educational content
• Multicultural exchange between schools
• Open IT committed to adult education illiteracy
  or visually impaired to develop and deploy.
• OLPC concept with other UMPC's run

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OLPC Projects OpenWijs.nl

• The Netherlands Maastricht ( 12 cities?)?
• Nicaragua Rama ( 12 cities?)?
• Aruba
• Netherlands Antilles
• Suriname
• Ghana (3 small projects)?
• Tanzania
• Sierra Leone
• Kenya
• etc

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The influence on our education

• One laptop per child
• No expensive PCclassrooms
• Affordable laptops
• Developed for education
• Low power consumption (10)?
• M-learning / Mobile learning
• Flexible learning anywhere, etc
• Multimedia motivating
• Easy to monitor pupils

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The influence on our education

• E-schoolbooks
• Up to 70 cheaper
• Open content
• Actual
• Flexibel teacher chooses what he needs
• No copies needed anymore
• Get more kids interested for ICT and technics