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In Peter Norton manner
In Peter Norton manner


* Goals
==Goals==
** One Laptop Per Child, of course
* One Laptop Per Child, of course

** Educational software based on [[Constructivism]]
Our goal: To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.
** No proprietary software

** Free textbooks and content
Most of the nearly two–billion children in the developing world are inadequately educated, or receive no education at all. One in three does not complete the fifth grade.
* Overview

* [[Open Firmware]]
The individual and societal consequences of this chronic global crisis are profound. Children are consigned to poverty and isolation—just like their parents—never knowing what the light of learning could mean in their lives. At the same time, their governments struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving, global information economy, hobbled by a vast and increasingly urban underclass that cannot support itself, much less contribute to the commonweal, because it lacks the tools to do so.
* XO [[Linux]]

Red Hat Fedora Rawhide 7
It is time to rethink this equation.
* [[Sugar]]

* Computer languages
* Educational software based on [[Constructivism]], that is, on [[Collaboration|collaborative]] [[discovery]].
** [[FORTH]] for [[Open Firmware]]
* [[OLPC_on_free/open_source_software|No proprietary software]]
** [[Python]] in [[Pippy]]
* [[OLPC_textbooks_project|Free textbooks]] and [[content]]
** [[Logo]] [[Turtle Graphics]]

** [[Smalltalk]] in [[Etoys]]
==Overview==
* Human [[languages]]

** [[Writing systems]]: [[keyboard layouts]], [[input method editors]], rendering, printing
==[[Open Firmware]]==
** Localization

** Language learning
==XO Linux==
* [[Activities]]
See also
* Content
* [[Installing Debian as an upgrade]] Actually as a dual-boot.
* [[Command line]]
* [[Software_components#Operating_system]]
* Desktop

* Using the XO in education
Installed version

* Linux [http://www.kernel.org/ kernel] 2.6.22. Current stable version is 2.6.23.8.
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f7/en_US/ Red Hat Fedora Rawhide 7] Current release is version 8.

==[[Sugar]]==
*[[Activity tutorial]]
*[[:Category:Installing Sugar]]
*[[:Category:Sugar]]

==Computer languages==
* [[FORTH]] for [[Open Firmware]]
* [[Python]] in [[Pippy]] and activities
* [[Turtle Art]] turtle graphics
* [[Squeak]] [[Smalltalk]] in [[Etoys]]
* [[CSound]] in [[TamTam]]
* [[Javascript]]
* [[Gnash]] Free implementation of Adobe Flash

==Human [[languages]]==
* [[Writing systems]]: [[keyboard layouts]], [[input method editors]], rendering, printing
* Localization
* Language learning

==[[Activities]]==
See also [[Software_components#Applications]].

In current build

*Text [[Chat|Chat Activity]], instant messenger
*[[Browse|Browse Activity]] (based on Mozilla Gecko [[Xulrunner]], the Firefox Web engine)
*[[Write|Write Activity]] (based on AbiWord)
*[[Record|Record Activity]] still and video camera
*[[Draw|Paint Activity]]
*[[TamTam|TamTamJam Activity]] Collaborative music
*[[Etoys|Etoys Activity]] Smalltalk
*[[Turtle Art|TurtleArt Activity]] Logo subset
*[[Pippy|Pippy Activity]] Python examples
*[[Calculate|Calculator Activity]] Plain, scientific, elementary financial. No RPN. See also [[Physics_Calculator]].
*[[Measure|Measure Activity]] Data cquisition and display
*[[Measure_/_Oscilloscope]]
*[[TamTam|TamTamEdit Activity]] MIDI editor
*[[TamTam|TamTamSynthLab Activity]] Instrument creation
*[[Memorize|Memorize Activity]] Game
*[[Connect|Connect Activity]] Game
*[[TamTam|TamTamMini Activity]] Music
*RSS [[News Reader|News Reader Activity]]
*[[Journal|Journal Activity]]

In development

*[[MikMik|MikMik Activity]] Wiki with WYSIWIG editing
*Spreadsheet Activity
*[[Develop|Develop Activity]], an activity editor
*Debugger Activity
*Shell Activity
*Remote Desktop Activity
*[[Activities#Games|Other game activities]]
*[[OLPCities]], a virtual world programming environment
*[[FACIL]], a webpage editor developed to be used by children. (In English at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EASE)
*[[Musical Editor]], a music composition toolkit
*[[Drawing Workshop]], a shared graphics space
*[[Tux Paint]], a paint program with extreme ease-of-use
*[[BlockParty]], a Tetris-like game that exploits the mesh
*A simple [[Read|document viewer]] based upon [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/ evince] (including the ability to view PDF);
*Multimedia playback using gstreamer (the Real Networks Helix™ platform has been ported to the laptop and is available for download but is not part of the base distribution)

More to come.

==Content==

==Console==
*Press Ctl-Alt-F1 to access bash command line.
*Log in as root (no password).
*Press Alt-F3 to return to Sugar.
See also [[Terminal]].

==Desktop==
[[Gnome]] on [[Live CD]]

==Using the XO in education==

===Collaboration===

All activities share a common data store accessible through the Journal. Most activities, including reading, writing, recording, and browsing, allow for [[collaboration]] through the network, child-to-child and teacher-to-child.

See [[Activity sharing]] and [[Collaboration Tutorial]].

See also
*[[Programming for Children]]
*[[Programming with Children]]
*[[Constructivism]]
*[[OLPC_Publications#Education|Educational Software]]

===[[Discovery]]===

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies<br>
When a new planet swims into his ken;<br>
Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes<br>
He stared at the Pacific—and all his men<br>
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—<br>
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.<br>
--Keats, On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer

==External References==

*Muska Mosston, ''Teaching from Command to Discovery''
*Georg Polya, ''How to Solve It''
*John Holt, ''How Children Learn''
*Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, [http://www.burundibwacu.org/spip.php?article290 "Mozart Assassiné"]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 13 November 2008

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In Peter Norton manner

Goals

  • One Laptop Per Child, of course

Our goal: To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.

Most of the nearly two–billion children in the developing world are inadequately educated, or receive no education at all. One in three does not complete the fifth grade.

The individual and societal consequences of this chronic global crisis are profound. Children are consigned to poverty and isolation—just like their parents—never knowing what the light of learning could mean in their lives. At the same time, their governments struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving, global information economy, hobbled by a vast and increasingly urban underclass that cannot support itself, much less contribute to the commonweal, because it lacks the tools to do so.

It is time to rethink this equation.

Overview

Open Firmware

XO Linux

See also

Installed version

Sugar

Computer languages

Human languages

Activities

See also Software_components#Applications.

In current build

In development

More to come.

Content

Console

  • Press Ctl-Alt-F1 to access bash command line.
  • Log in as root (no password).
  • Press Alt-F3 to return to Sugar.

See also Terminal.

Desktop

Gnome on Live CD

Using the XO in education

Collaboration

All activities share a common data store accessible through the Journal. Most activities, including reading, writing, recording, and browsing, allow for collaboration through the network, child-to-child and teacher-to-child.

See Activity sharing and Collaboration Tutorial.

See also

Discovery

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes
He stared at the Pacific—and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
--Keats, On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer

External References

  • Muska Mosston, Teaching from Command to Discovery
  • Georg Polya, How to Solve It
  • John Holt, How Children Learn
  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Mozart Assassiné"
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