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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » OLPC – One Laptop Per Child

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My daughter took the OLPC laptop we just received to school to show it off and only a few of her teachers had heard of the project. Without the background on what it is, the laptop looks and feels like a toy. And so we shouldn’t spend money on laptops. No doubt kids have basic needs.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » My OLPC Has Arrived!

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My new OLPC laptop came tonight… My 9-year-old Meital is in charge, so hopefully I will be able to film her doing a review of it sometime this week. For those of you who don’t know OLPC, have a look here. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us

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So farewell then, OLPC CTO (and dm.ca) | Computerworld Blogs

AFP Blog

So farewell then, OLPC CTO (and dm.ca) | Computerworld Blogs: "It's the first IT Blogwatch of 2008: in which The One Laptop Per Child project loses its CTO.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. Full of copyright issues. Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire. This was circa 1997. Interactive.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. Here’s what it all looked like to me. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase. What this means?

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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Given that our goal was being as open as possible, it followed that our license choices were essentially around licenses that allowed for the greatest possible use and re-use because our initial hypothesis was, and continues to be, that being open allows us to fulfil our mission better than a traditional copyright model allows.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. Your nonprofit can record audio files using your deskptop/laptop computer or Audioboo’s mobile app and then upload them to your own Audioboo Channel. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well. Audioboo :: audioboo.fm.

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