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:Sorry but you are wrong. The place to discuss social impacts is on the '''Discussion''' tab of any page which explains the social impacts and issues. Pages are for explanation and education. Discussion tabs are for discussion. |
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Please delete the links below and replace them with a category to tag all wiki pages regarding social impact. Also, please note that wiki is not a newspaper. Any pages can and will be edited by others to improve the content. Therefore, the concept of a page author is meaningless. One person may start a page, but many others will contribute to it as well. |
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Please discuss the appropriate use of this page on the Discussion tab provided. Thank you. |
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A number of articles published elsewhere on the Internet have begun to explore aspects of this: |
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* [http://mobileactive.org/olpc-versus-mobile-phone-false-dichotomy "The OLPC versus the Mobile Phone - A False Dichotomy"] |
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* [http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/05/19/olpc-a-different-type-of-disaster/ "OLPC: a different type of disaster altogether"] |
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From the latter article: |
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: "One Laptop Per Child has been a textbook example both of the worst kind of development . . . and the most egregious kind of technotopianism . . ." |
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* "One Laptop Per Child Foundation: The Competitive NonProfit" By Gordon Zhu [http://www.thesicgroup.org/OLPC.pdf (pdf)] |
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Discusses how the OLPC project has affected both profit and non-profit efforts to get laptops into the hands of children worldwide. |
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* "Top Ten Issues of One Laptop Per Child" by [http://www.edwardtse.com/ Edward Tse] - [http://www.olpcnews.com/implementation/plan/ten_issues_child_laptop.html] |
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Elements identified include: |
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: Focus, Readability Existing infrastructure |
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: Not all learning can be done with an OLPC, Lack of content |
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: Keyboards, Scalability, Ergonomics |
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: Wrong Problem |
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: The Community of Learning vs. The Cult of the North American Individual |
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Of these, half relate to the sociology of the OLPC rather than the technology. |
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== Previous articles linked from this wiki == |
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Articles once linked to on this Wiki are now available at the Wayback Machine or in the archives of the news and press wikipages. A list of some of them appears below. |
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[[August 17]], [[2006]] [http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i31_maza.html "It's A Structure Project, Not an Education Project: The $100 laptop and the creation of social structure" by Michael de la Maza]. |
[[August 17]], [[2006]] [http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i31_maza.html "It's A Structure Project, Not an Education Project: The $100 laptop and the creation of social structure" by Michael de la Maza]. |
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[[September 7]], [[2006]] [[Dating and the OLPC|"Dating and the OLPC" by Michael de la Maza]] |
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[[December 30]], [[2006]] [[http://drewkitty.blogspot.com/2006/12/regarding-one-laptop-per-child-olpc.html "The Cult of the Individual and the OLPC" by clarka]] |
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[[December 30]], [[2006]] [[The Cult of the Individual and the OLPC|"The Cult of the Individual and the OLPC" by clarka]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:18, 8 December 2009
This page is not maintained by the OLPC team. (See: About this wiki)
When One Laptop per Child is widely adopted it will have far ranging effects on social structure and people. Parts of this are explored at Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_Social_Issues and Social_effects.
Please discuss the appropriate use of this page on the Discussion tab provided. Thank you.
A number of articles published elsewhere on the Internet have begun to explore aspects of this:
From the latter article:
- "One Laptop Per Child has been a textbook example both of the worst kind of development . . . and the most egregious kind of technotopianism . . ."
- "One Laptop Per Child Foundation: The Competitive NonProfit" By Gordon Zhu (pdf)
Discusses how the OLPC project has affected both profit and non-profit efforts to get laptops into the hands of children worldwide.
- "Top Ten Issues of One Laptop Per Child" by Edward Tse - [1]
Elements identified include:
- Focus, Readability Existing infrastructure
- Not all learning can be done with an OLPC, Lack of content
- Keyboards, Scalability, Ergonomics
- Wrong Problem
- The Community of Learning vs. The Cult of the North American Individual
Of these, half relate to the sociology of the OLPC rather than the technology.
Previous articles linked from this wiki
Articles once linked to on this Wiki are now available at the Wayback Machine or in the archives of the news and press wikipages. A list of some of them appears below.
August 17, 2006 "It's A Structure Project, Not an Education Project: The $100 laptop and the creation of social structure" by Michael de la Maza.
August 21, 2006 "Infatuation, Disillusionment, and Contentment: Understanding the Adoption of One Laptop per Child" by Michael de la Maza
August 24, 2006 "OLPC: Not Better, Not Worse – Different" by Michael de la Maza
August 26, 2006 "Adults and the OLPC" by Michael de la Maza
August 31, 2006 "Connecting, Kindness, and the OLPC" by Michael de la Maza
September 4, 2006 "Pictures and the OLPC" by Michael de la Maza
September 7, 2006 "Dating and the OLPC" by Michael de la Maza
December 30, 2006 ["The Cult of the Individual and the OLPC" by clarka]