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=== How will this initiative be structured? ===
== How will this initiative be structured? ==


The XO laptop is being developed by One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. OLPC is based on "[[Constructionism|Constructionist]]" theories of learning pioneered by [[Seymour Papert]] and later [[Alan Kay]], as well as the principles expressed in [[Nicholas Negroponte]]'s book 'Being Digital'. The corporate members are
The XO laptop is being developed by One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. OLPC is based on "[[Constructionism|Constructionist]]" theories of learning pioneered by [[Seymour Papert]] and later [[Alan Kay]], as well as the principles expressed in [[Nicholas Negroponte]]'s book 'Being Digital'.

===Corporate members===


* [http://www.amd.com/ Advanced Micro Devices] (AMD)
* [http://www.amd.com/ Advanced Micro Devices] (AMD)
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* Red Hat
* Red Hat


===Team===
Nicholas Negroponte is chairman of One Laptop per Child. Other principals involved in developing the laptop are: [[Mary Lou Jepsen]], [[User:Walter|Walter Bender]], Jim Gettys, Michail Bletsas, David Cavallo, [[User:Sj|SJ Klein]], Ivan Krstić, John Watlington, Richard Smith, Chris Ball, Andres Salomon, C. Scott Ananian, Michael Stone, Eben Eliason, and [[Mitch Bradley]]. [[Benjamin Mako Hill]], Alan Kay, Seymour Papert, Barry Vercoe, Ted Selker, V. Michael Bove, Jr., and many others are advisors to the project.

Nicholas Negroponte is Chairman of One Laptop per Child.

Other principals involved in developing the laptop are:

* [[Mary Lou Jepsen]]
* [[User:Walter|Walter Bender]]
* [[Jim Gettys]]
* [[Michail Bletsas]]
* [[David Cavallo]]
* [[User:Sj|SJ Klein]],
* [[Ivan Krstić]]
* [[John Watlington]]
* [[Richard Smith]]
* [[Chris Ball]]
* [[Andres Salomon]]
* [[C. Scott Ananian]]
* [[Michael Stone]]
* [[Eben Eliason]]
* [[Mitch Bradley]]

===Advisors===

* [[Benjamin Mako Hill]]
* [[Alan Kay]]
* [[Seymour Papert]]
* [[Barry Vercoe]]
* [[Ted Selker]]
* [[V. Michael Bove, Jr.]]

and many others are advisors to the project.

===Other===


* Design Continuum collaborated on the initial laptop design.
Design Continuum collaborated on the initial laptop design. Fuseproject is our current industrial-design partner. Red Hat and Pentagram have been instrumental in designing and building the Sugar interface. The open source community has been an invaluable partner at all stages of the software development process.
* Fuseproject is our current industrial-design partner.
* Red Hat and Pentagram have been instrumental in designing and building the [[Sugar]] interface.
* The [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software]/Open Source community has been an invaluable partner at all stages of the software development process.


=== How can I get involved? ===
=== How can I get involved? ===

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How will this initiative be structured?

The XO laptop is being developed by One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. OLPC is based on "Constructionist" theories of learning pioneered by Seymour Papert and later Alan Kay, as well as the principles expressed in Nicholas Negroponte's book 'Being Digital'.

Corporate members

Team

Nicholas Negroponte is Chairman of One Laptop per Child.

Other principals involved in developing the laptop are:

Advisors

and many others are advisors to the project.

Other

  • Design Continuum collaborated on the initial laptop design.
  • Fuseproject is our current industrial-design partner.
  • Red Hat and Pentagram have been instrumental in designing and building the Sugar interface.
  • The Free Software/Open Source community has been an invaluable partner at all stages of the software development process.

How can I get involved?

There are many ways to get involved, the most basic being to contribute your ideas and feedback. This is the project wiki (http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child) where we are accumulating information about the project and suggesting places and ways to help. See Getting involved in OLPC.

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