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Here are old news items, where were once on the wiki [[The OLPC Wiki|front page]]. There is more old news in [[Current events]].


*[[ OLPC Pakistan | What OLPC Pakistan is doing]]

* [http://waveplace.com '''Waveplace'''] has done pilots in '''Nicaragua''' ([http://waveplace.com/locations/nicaragua/movie.jsp?id=80 video], [http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/cat_location_nicaragua.jsp reports]), '''Florida''' ([http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91891812 NPR story], [http://waveplace.com/locations/florida/movie.jsp?id=79 video]), '''Haiti''' ([http://waveplace.com/locations/haiti/ videos]), and the '''Virgin Islands''' ([http://waveplace.com/locations/usvi/ videos], [http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/cat_location_virgin_islands.jsp reports]). Watch our [http://waveplace.com/awards/ Waveplace Awards show] to see children from each pilot greet each other and the world.

* [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/193 Teacher Training] begins for [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] pilots

* Read about Nepal's upcoming deployments in [[Bashuki Journal]] and [[Bishwamitra Journal]]

* [[Khairat Chronicle]]—a report from Mumbai ([http://en.wikinews.org Wikinews] gives the Khairat Chronicle [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Latest_trial_of_the_One_Laptop_Per_Child_running_in_India%3B_Uruguay_orders_100%2C000_machines lead article spot].)
* [[Khairat Chronicle]]—a report from Mumbai ([http://en.wikinews.org Wikinews] gives the Khairat Chronicle [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Latest_trial_of_the_One_Laptop_Per_Child_running_in_India%3B_Uruguay_orders_100%2C000_machines lead article spot].)


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* You can now add an [[Badges|OLPC badge]] to your website.
* You can now add an [[Badges|OLPC badge]] to your website.

* Read about OLPC in NYC on the [http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/ Teaching Matters] blog.

* [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/272 OLE Nepal formally launches] OLPC project in Nepal at [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] and [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] schools. View the Flickr Photostream [http://www.flickr.com/photos/80049722@N00/sets/72157604771101410/ here]



== Press ==
* [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/01/group_from_city_sees_ease_of_r.html '''So easy a child could do it'''] — [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/11/students_will_get_laptops_with.html Birmingham] City School personnel attend OLPC workshop to learn about the XO
* IHT ran an AP [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/24/technology/LA-TEC-Peru-One-Laptop-One-Village.php?page=2 article] on how the XO laptop and OLPC are transforming a remote [[OLPC Peru|Peruvian]] village.
* From 2007: [http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment Uruguay starts mass-production deployment of OLPC] Next stop: [[OLPC Peru|Peru]].


== Development ==
* OLPC hosted a [[Apr 3-4 Mini-conference|mini-conference]] April 3 and 4 on the state of the OLPC platform.
* At long last, we have a new [http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/candidate/703/jffs2/ Update.1 Release Candidate], signed and waiting for your attention; you may want to copy over your activities or learn about installing activity packs before upgrading (see [[Testing Update.1]] and [[G1G1 Activity Pack]] or you can use [[Bert's script]]). Release notes continue to develop at '''[[OLPC Update.1 Software Release Notes]]''' with more technical commentary being stored at [[OLPC SW-ECO 4]].
* An XO laptop [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1QKTKAAug4 video] by Tom Boonsiri and Jake Feala worth watching
* Read Marvin Minsky's first OLPC memo on learning: [[Marvin_Minsky#What_makes_Mathematics_hard_to_learn.3F|What makes mathematics hard to learn?]]
* Dan Bricklin has been working on [http://www.peapodcast.com/sgi/olpc/ '''SocialCalc'''] for the XO Laptop.
* Hilaire Fernandes has improved the usability of [[DrGeo|'''DrGeoII''']] in a new [ftp://ftp.ofset.org/squeak/drgeo/DrGeoII.xo XO bundle].
* John Maloney has posted a preliminary version of [[Scratch]], a highly engaging language that allows young students to create simple programs and games, on the [[Activities]] page. Enjoy!
* [http://radian.org/notebook/paradox-of-choice what OLPC is doing] with the Microsoft Windows XP team.
* OLPC has received a response to the recent [http://blog.laptopmag.com/exclusive-hands-on-with-olpcs-xo-running-windows-xp|Laptopmag.com article] on Windows running on the XO: [[Microsoft announcements]]
* The "[[Lancor|Preliminary Objection]]" regarding the Nigerian Keyboard claim.
* OLPC's [[Clunky_laptop|response]] to the recent ''Economist'' article about the project.

Latest revision as of 17:23, 2 December 2008

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Here are old news items, where were once on the wiki front page. There is more old news in Current events.


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