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and the project's extraordinary scale (tens and hundreds of millions of children, not "a few hundred here, a few thousand there"), all have the goal of a rapid and profound impact on the education of the world's children. We invite you to be a part of it.
and the project's extraordinary scale (tens and hundreds of millions of children, not "a few hundred here, a few thousand there"), all have the goal of a rapid and profound impact on the education of the world's children. We invite you to be a part of it.


There are currently a hundred odd laptops, of various versions, at pilot sites around the world. Mostly for testing of hardware and basic concepts, as their software is still rudimentary. This summer, the final hardware pre-production "B4" beta-test will go out to another thousand or so children. Then the first production run will be a few million, and increase from there. Content releases are just beginning.
There are currently a couple of hundred laptops, of various versions, at pilot sites around the world. Mostly for testing of hardware and basic concepts, as their software is still rudimentary. This summer, the final hardware pre-production "B4" beta-test will go out to another thousand or so children. Then the first production run will be a few million, and increase from there. Content releases are just beginning.
:''Could someone double-check my numbers? tnx [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 13:19, 23 June 2007 (EDT)''
:''Could someone double-check my numbers? tnx [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 13:19, 23 June 2007 (EDT)''



Revision as of 03:59, 24 June 2007

Welcome

This page is intended to become an overview of OLPC educational activities and community.

While much of our effort over the last few years has been devoted to bringing the physical laptop into existence, that laptop is simply the carefully crafted means to an end. OLPC is an education project, not a laptop one. The laptop's novel characteristics, our unusual focus, and the project's extraordinary scale (tens and hundreds of millions of children, not "a few hundred here, a few thousand there"), all have the goal of a rapid and profound impact on the education of the world's children. We invite you to be a part of it.

There are currently a couple of hundred laptops, of various versions, at pilot sites around the world. Mostly for testing of hardware and basic concepts, as their software is still rudimentary. This summer, the final hardware pre-production "B4" beta-test will go out to another thousand or so children. Then the first production run will be a few million, and increase from there. Content releases are just beginning.

Could someone double-check my numbers? tnx MitchellNCharity 13:19, 23 June 2007 (EDT)

Some quick highlights

what else? MitchellNCharity 13:19, 23 June 2007 (EDT)

Introduction


We need a big-picture paragraph describing:
  • where is potential content discussed
  • who creates content
  • how it gets collected an curated
  • how it gets distributed
  • and how people can contribute to these steps
MitchellNCharity 13:19, 23 June 2007 (EDT)


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