I think one of the goals of the OLPC project is to make those skills easier to learn by using a computer, rather than having the computer as a goal itself. That

I think one of the goals of the OLPC project is to make those skills easier to learn by using a computer, rather than having the computer as a goal itself. That's why so much time has been spent on creating an entirely different desktop paradigm than we are used to for example. The whole UI is designed to make it easy for children to interact with, not to teach them computers. That's one of the reasons/benefits for not having Windows pre-installed on the devices. That being said, I know/have heard a lot more about the OLPC operating system itself than the OLPC's proposed courses. I think this is the big problem. The OLPC project should have focused from the start on not only creating and disseminating these devices, but also on developing a curricula to go with them.