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In my view humans built on top of failures as much as on success. I see following things which were propelled by OLPC: 1. No frills cheap laptops like EeePC, I
by dragonsh 7y ago
In my view humans built on top of failures as much as on success. I see following things which were propelled by OLPC:
1. No frills cheap laptops like EeePC, I don’t think computer manufacturers would have tried cheap laptop if its not for OLPC.
2. Rise of google chromebooks which are the results of number 1. And today are considered better than a tablet as a device which helps creativity among kids not just consumption.
3. Focus on educational content more than the technical details of a device. This we learned only through the failure of hardware centric approach and I believe it works for both developing and developed world students.
Hopefully we can learn from OLPC and build new initiatives with focus on good content along with device today. Also can introduce kits using micro-bit, and rPi like SBC with physical projects where student can deploy all 5 senses to create and learn new things.