So the XO has come to Sri Lanka. 900 of them in fact. First question – why 900? I thought there was going to be 2 million of them? Nine schools were chosen from the nine districts covering Sinhala and Tamil medium schools to conduct the pilot project where the World Bank would fund and […]
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OLPC’s troubles keep mounting
India was one country that rejected outright Negronponte’s suspect vision of the OLPC as an “educational” tool. Nearly a year ago, I expressed my own doubts that the OLPC, seen as a replacement for teachers, could be taken seriously. Earlier this year, the high profile resignation of Ivan Krstić led to more public questions on the future of […]
Negroponte’s ivory towers crumble: The OLPC’s travails
Not long ago, OLPC undertook a drastic internal restructuring coupled with what, despite official claims to the contrary, is a radical change in its goals and vision from those that were shared with me when I was invited to join the project. so writes Ivan Krstić, who resigned as the director of security architecture for […]
