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Stimulus article & sources for Portfolio # 2 (education)
Updated on Feb 24, 10
Created on Feb 10, 10
Category: Schools & Education
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Chalana Perera's List: ITGS HL Portfolio 2 - Yr 1
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Feb 10, 10
This news article, the stimulus for my portfolio, discusses the first country to fully establish the OLPC plan through its ministry of education in Uruguay. It talks about the costs, time, technology involved and areas targeted.
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last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers
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The total figure represents less than 5% of the country's education budget.
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Criterion B
IT Background of the issue (5 sources)
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Criterion A
Stimulus Article (1 source)
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Feb 10, 10
This source discusses, more in-depth, the technology involved in the operating systems of the "XO" = extraordinary OLPC laptops. It talks about the user interface.
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Feb 12, 10
This article discusses the different operating systems available and it also talks about the programming and software types.
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Feb 12, 10
This article from the OLPC home website talks about the battery technology involved and the different charging methods.
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Feb 12, 10
This source describes the details of SUGAR the operating system used specifically in the Uruguay OLPC project that my stimulus article is about.
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Feb 12, 10
This article discusses the inbuilt-security/sharing software that are featured in the OLPC laptops.
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Criterion C
Impacts of the issue (8 sources)
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Feb 12, 10
This source is like a blog. It describes the concerns that people have about networks functioning with OLPC and seeks to resolve the networking problem through very cheap methods.
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Feb 12, 10
This article is written from an African's economic perspective and discusses the larger socio-economic impacts of the OLPC project on developing countries, specifically those in Subsaharan Africa.
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Feb 12, 10
This blog discusses the impacts of the OLPC project on developing and emerging markets in relation to sustainable development projects in developing countries. It also discusses the cost and innovative ideas for more cost-effective products such as this.
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Feb 12, 10
This article talks about the OLPC marketing strategy of buying an OX laptop for yourself while donating one to a less fortunate child somewhere in the developing world. It discusses the business and economic impacts while looking at the long term sustainability/cost reduction as the OLPC production cost rose.
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The cost of the machine has unfortunately increased from their proposed $100 USD to almost double that, in oprder to ensure that they can still get these laptops out to the kids they are selling them as pairs.
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Feb 12, 10
This article looks at several different problems/impacts of the OLPC from financial to educational.
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it has not been generally validated as bringing about new paradigms of child learning
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Distribution problems
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Feb 12, 10
This article by OLPC discusses the competition and marketing aspects of the OLPC compared to other computers, software/operating system companies and other tech-related companies that maybe affected. It is more a business oriented article than it is educational.
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1. Windows XP would have been discontinued in 2007 or 2008 as was Microsoft's original plan
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2. The Windows XP licence for netbooks was lowered to $30 per device
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Feb 12, 10
This article is a blog/debate forum where members discuss the pros and cons of the OLPC project in terms of EDUCATION. It focuses on my area of impact heavily.
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Feb 12, 10
This article discusses both business and technological aspects of the OLPC in terms of microsoft and linux. It discusses mircosofts launch of its operating systems for the XO laptops.
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Microsoft Windows operating system available on OLPC’s low-cost XO laptops for the world’s poorest children
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The availability of Windows, in addition to Linux, on the XO laptop will allow customers to have an expanded choice of operating environments that best fit their requirements.
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Criterion D
Solutions to the problems/issue (2 sources)
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Feb 12, 10
This wiki site describes several different problems and solutions that have occurred or have potential of occurring such as theft of the laptops and network security issues.
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Feb 12, 10
A blog discussing the updated solutions to tech problems related with various OLPC projects.
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