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OLPCs: if you were leader of a 3rd world country, would you buy them?

Imagine you are the benevolent leader of a small fictional country somewhere in the third world. Your resources are limited. While your country isn’t as poor as some other third world countries, many of your citizens can’t read or write, … Continue reading

OLPC – Will the “View source” button really help teach programming?

The OLPC (aka the ‘hundred dollar laptop’) has a ‘View Source’ button on the keyboard. See if you can guess which one it is in this image here. The motivation for this is to let kids ‘under the bonnet’ and … Continue reading