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Of course, if all of the keyboards have all the necessary keys, it won't be a very big deal, especially once those particular reserved words are understood by the students (even if English is not). Ben Urban at [[User:68.49.10.243|68.49.10.243]] 23:39, 10 October 2007 (EDT) |
Of course, if all of the keyboards have all the necessary keys, it won't be a very big deal, especially once those particular reserved words are understood by the students (even if English is not). Ben Urban at [[User:68.49.10.243|68.49.10.243]] 23:39, 10 October 2007 (EDT) |
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== how is it fun? == |
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What can my children do to have fun? |
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: Play games, learn, create content, draw, make music, film videos etc [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 19:47, 9 August 2007 (EDT) |
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Can they install games? |
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: That depends on the game. There are lots of Linux games already out as well as some on the laptop already (See [[Activities]]). The hardware is also not suitable for playing the advanced 3d games. [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 19:47, 9 August 2007 (EDT) |
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My children play an online game. Is that possible on this? |
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:For the most part, yes. Most web-enabled activities run in the browser. There are some games that will not run under Linux (e.g., Shockwave is not supported). |
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:: Actually, I saw an XO demo unit recently, and Flash (or some sort of Flash substitute) was working well enough to play videos from YouTube in the web activity. I don't know if the final distribution includes Flash capability, but it seems likely, given that the demo unit did. —[[User:Leejc|Joe]] 00:36, 10 August 2007 (EDT) |
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::: I just tested on my laptop with a base install of build 542 and it has Gnash installed by default. It can indeed play a lot of the flash games though some may not work ()http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 02:39, 10 August 2007 (EDT) |
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How far does the internet reach? |
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: That depends on your router or wireless provider. If you mean the mesh network then there has been a test of over 2.1km line of sight on flat ground from machine to machine. Of course this would be much less in buildings. [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 19:47, 9 August 2007 (EDT) |
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I provide free English as a Second Language lessons to students in different countries. My main method of communication is Skype. Will this laptop and its peer-to-peer network be able to handle Skype? |
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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/VoIP [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 19:47, 9 August 2007 (EDT) |
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Where are you and your children from as all nations have not recived the laptop yet?--[[User:216.194.21.130|216.194.21.130]] 17:52, 9 August 2007 (EDT) |
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=== A Camera For Education? === |
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I need to know... how does a web camera (or digital camera whatever it so be called) help educate children? Don't get me wrong, I think education is extremely important and I use computers to learn more than I ever learned in school. The OLPC is a great idea with pros and cons like any tool ever invented. However; being a graduate of a Computer Security Investigations diploma and working with law enforcement on the subject of technology involved with online child exploitation, it is evident that yes a powerful and positive tool may be used for most any ill intended act. |
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What I do not understand is why a web camera is essential in a tool for education. I understand that a large portion of communities who receive this laptop will not have Internet access, but it doesn't take Internet access to exploit children. One camera that can self develop digital photos is just as dangerous as having so many young children prowling through the Internet. I do not see loosing any educational value by removing the web camera from these laptops. The only outcome would be less power consumption, lower cost, and a safer experience for any child. I agree that Internet safety training can help educate children safe Internet use, but even with just community networking, is “safe computer training” really as efficient as removing a piece of this laptop that does not contribute to any educational purpose. D, Canada. |
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: A big part of this project is the idea of the children creating content themselves. And a camera allows them to do this in a large way. Whether it's just filming each other for fun, or creating a video to show others (showing people across the world what your town looks like or a video showing a cow giving birth etc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOzBTGGVWNg)). The camera only uses power when it's on, and the cost is small due to the improvements caused by mobile phones. I will leave the exploitation question up to others since its late and I must sleep. [[User:Crazybus|Crazybus]] 10:39, 21 August 2007 (EDT) |
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::Any science-fair, nature-observation, or drama project can benefit from a camera, just to start. |
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::As for exploitation, it would be good if you elaborated on what specific threats you see. I'm especially confused by your statement that "it doesn't take internet access to exploit children"; while obviously true, it seems that any such threat (for international profit, or by simply local perverts) would also not need this laptop to succeed. As for other threats: this laptop has extremely high security against traditional "virus" and "spyware"; and its social and sharing features make it relatively likely that willing participation of children in their own exploitation will be caught before it goes too far. [[User:Homunq|Homunq]] 12:30, 21 August 2007 (EDT) |
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: Yes! As the saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words"... be a picture of yourself, your friends, your house, your pet, or whatever critter may be crawling around that weird plant... great for learning biology and/or botany; being able to capture something (in a picture or video) is a great way to learn about many things: time based pictures that show how a bean grows into a plant, or how the position of the sun changes through the year, and these are just off the top of my head. |
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: I think that there are many more positive (read educational) uses for cameras. A strawman argument is to replace 'camera' with 'pencil': you can write lies, rumours, even poke yourself in the eye with them... but nobody is about to take pencils away from children, are they? [[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 13:08, 21 August 2007 (EDT) |
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From maddyj123@hotmail.com maybe sometimes kids want to video tape themselfs or something but i agree why is a camera there but its a use full idea for kids that ill like to purchase one myself for my child! |
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is it wireless? |
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and what is the operating system? |
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: Yes, it supports [[wireless]] networking (802.11b/g). It uses a modified version of [[Fedora]] Linux. —[[User:Leejc|Joe]] 01:51, 26 September 2007 (EDT) |
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can you watch youtube videos on the green machine? |
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: yes, you can watch youtube but it is very slow, I've tested it both on a B2-1 and B4 with an Adobe Flash player plugin installed on the XO. ~[[User:Wenmi01]] |
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: And you can create videos on the XO to post to youtube!! |
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What about perl? Will this be added? -paul |
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:We opted to use Python as the primary scripting language on the laptop. You can certainly load Perl, but it is not part of the default build. |
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Latest revision as of 02:12, 19 October 2007
Impact
Let us reconsider the following answers
Study impacts before releasing laptops?
"Should these impacts be studied before the laptops are released? Of course not. There is no way to truly know the impact of the OLPCs before they are in use."
Most things in the world are very difficult to know beforehand. Still studying them makes sense. The studies makes the likelihood of choosing the right action much higer than in the case of not studying at all. Even a child without a laptop knowns this. For some reason the answer "of course not" makes me to think the farce of "searching" and "finding" WMD in Iraq. 84.231.72.212 27 June 2006
Impact on family, community, and religion?
"How will family, community, and religious structures that have existed for generations be impacted? There are no longer any such structures in the modern world. Due to modern technology of communications and transportation, there are no cultures in which family, community and religious structures are the same as they were 60-80 years ago."
The answer is first at all totally wrong. Family, community and religious structures are playing a major role in most people's life on the globe. The modern technology of communication and transportation should not change these structures and we already know that they do not. The world is full of good examples of using modern technology and still keeping the traditional structures of life. 27 June 2006 by 84.231.72.212
1) Please consider linking this FAQ to "Social Impacts" [[1]]
2) The only term that fits the displayed attitudes of the OLPC team towards local cultures in this FAQ is ARROGANCE. Please amend -- the FAQ for certain, the attitude if you can.
Also, your team might want to do a better job of palming that ace regarding the sweeping cultural changes likely to take place as the result of OLPC deployment.
Disclaimer re OLPC views on these topics
- I am not sure who answered the above question, but it certainly doesn't represent the views of OLPC. I'll draft a response shortly. Walter 20:44, 27 June 2006 (EDT)
What happened in Maine with the laptops for seventh graders? Initial reaction of students, teachers, parents, churches, government? Results in first months? First year? Second year? What happened to student test results on standardized tests? Did any of the results ever stop changing? What should we learn from their experience?
What other experiments are available to consider? Nitpicker 01:50, 2 December 2006 (EST)
Are Montesori results relevant?
Some of the foundation for OLPC seems to involve Montesori techniques. What do we know about what happens with kids, parents, and teachers in that paradigm? Is it consistent? Nitpicker 01:50, 2 December 2006 (EST)
Internationalizable Python code
In response to "It is no harder to develop internationalised Python applications in Japanese than it is in English.":
While I have never actually tried developing Python applications in any language other than English, I am reasonably confident that Python does not accept reserved words in languages other than English, and as far as I know, many non-English keyboard layouts lack certain punctuation characters that are required for various aspects of Python syntax (such as ( ) [ ] { } _ \ and probably some others), and thus I would expect it to be rather difficult to develop a Python application that needs those characters.
Of course, if all of the keyboards have all the necessary keys, it won't be a very big deal, especially once those particular reserved words are understood by the students (even if English is not). Ben Urban at 68.49.10.243 23:39, 10 October 2007 (EDT)