Microblog

The following are dents/tweets suggested for the OLPC microblog. Please help by suggesting posts here. For questions/comments, email adam at holt at laptop.org.

If you can help with long-form writing, please help the similar effort now underway to give OLPC's official blog a far stronger voice.

accounts

• http://identi.ca/olpc
• http://twitter.com/olpc
• https://www.socialoomph.com/ <-- We're using Social Oomph to send automated messages to the new followers and follow them in return. This account is currently managed by lynnwang

future idea - use trickle post to build up a list of tweets ready to go http://github.com/zcopley/tricklepost

Proposed dents

• Every student to receive free laptop by September in St. Kitts: http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/14214 (Also too old?)
• Indian Government to Procure 75,000 Laptops: http://www.neinews.com/govt-to-procure-75000-laptops-under-olpc-scheme.htm
• $2 Million Pledged for India Child Laptop Project: http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=2386&sid=6
• Kiribati puts XO into Education Plan: http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com/2010/07/kiribati-puts-xo-into-education-plan.html
• Books Dead in five years? http://www.geeksugar.com/Physical-Books-Dead-5-Years-9938212

Tweets / Dents

• The Digital Literacy Project is a Pepsi Refresh finalist! Help them win $25,000 by voting here: http://www.digiliteracy.org/
• OLPC and "Muppet Diplomacy": http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/27/building-partnerships-sesame-street/
• Nicholas Negroponte welcomes India's $35 tablet for education: http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/29/welcoming-indias-tablet/
• From NPR: "A $35 Tablet For Education? Cost Isn't The Only Factor To Consider" http://tiny.cc/fjq0k
• 1 Soldier or 20 Schools? NY Times' Nicholas Kristof asks USA to reconsider Afghanistan: http://nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29kristof.html
• The case for $320,000 kindergarten teachers: (OLPC principle #2 - inspire children early!) - http://j.mp/320k-teachers
• RIT's Free and Open Software group returns to OLPC's HQ http://tiny.cc/h4j0q
• XO Summer Camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah a success: http://tiny.cc/x0el1
• A nice feature about RAP Ceibal - Uruguay's volunteer network - by OLPC News http://tiny.cc/62s1q
• India unveils prototype for $35 tablet http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817
• An interview with award-winning journalist Maureen Orth about her #OLPC work in Colombia http://tiny.cc/uqz70
• Live in the DC area? Mark your calendar for Sugar Labs DC's Turtle Art Day on August 7th! http://tinyurl.com/2a677nr
• OLPC NYC/Bronx Brunch Sunday Noon - Join East/West Africa Community Volunteers Discussing their progress+plans - RSVP! http://bit.ly/aPI2o9
• Peru plans to expand their OLPC program to reach every primary school http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/20/peru-plans-for-201/
• Take a look at the new Humane Reader, a $20 8-bit PC for TVs that can store up to 5,000 books http://tiny.cc/sqzlp
• Check out XO hardware designer Yves Behar's newest creation: http://tiny.cc/krf53
• Teacher training is underway in Palestine! http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/15/teachers-start-learning-with-xos-in-palestine-too/
• Notion Ink's team is interviewed about their new Pixel Qi-enabled tablet, the "Adam" : http://j.mp/c0O5cE
• Micronesian school system prepares for 5000 children with XOs, is pressed on safety - http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=100105
• OLPC training in the Philippines http://www.olpcfriends.org/2010/04/olpc-training-in-the-philippines/

• Uruguay [translate summary?] http://blogedu-rosamel.blogspot.com/2009/11/tortugarte.html
• http://www.clip.jin.vn/2009/11/olpc-mission-part-1-principles-and-child-empowerment/ <-- This link doesn't work
• http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/2009/week41/wo_nieman_interviewt_negroponte.avi_plain.xml
• "OLPC South Carolina expands with donation" [TRY TO INVESTIGATE] http://columbia.news.sc/2009/11/06/one-laptop-per-child-south-carolina-expands-with-a-generous-donation-from-bluecross-blueshield-of-sc/
• #OLPC Uruguay is using digital student self-assessments on XOs to help teachers self-assess their teaching activities
• OLPC Uruguay and 2nd Grade teacher self-assessments via student tests http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/4029115957/
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-xo-python/index.html
• Come ready to play-and possibly take away- an XO-1.5 at FUDCon this weekend. Be prepared: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_1.5_B2
• Do you too view education as a civil right? The Urban Lab believes technology propels education in urban communities, join the discussion. http://dusp.mit.edu/p.lasso?t=7:7:0&cal_date=20091201&event=11599820
• Do you too view education as a civil right? Join the discussion on how new media technologies can contribute! http://dusp.mit.edu/p.lasso?t=7:7:0&cal_date=20091201&event=11599820
• http://download.olpc.asia/photo/SC_Deployment/ photos of Sichuan deployment
• RT @rabble: Cool OLPC XO charging station build at Uruguayan school using old bicycle parts. http://bit.ly/8SyusZ
• [NEEDS CHECK] http://edutechdebate.org/one-laptop-per-child-impact/what-weve-learned-from-olpc-deployments/
• The economist, 3rd december, "A pioneering scheme to computerise a whole people" http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15022648
• [NEEDS CHECK] http://www.interdisciplines.org/mobilea2k/papers/2
• OLPC experience at Ntugi Day Secondary School in Northern Kenya: http://ntugi.blogspot.com/search/label/6.%20OLPC%20Laptops
• Review of the XO: http://laptops.ndesignsblog.com/the-xo-laptop-the-hundred-dollar-laptop-for-the-one-laptop-per-child-foundation/
• Podcast featuring Rangan Srikhanta--explaining the "window of opportunity" in Australia: http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2009/12/07/no-illusions-podcast-03-rangan-srikhanta-olpc-australia/
• 2008 Regional Case Studies: Ethiopia, Nepal, Uruguay, Ireland. http://www.gesci.org/old/files/docman/OLPC_Case-Studies.pdf
• http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3547.en.html
• Walter Bender begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting video interview about Sugar on a stick "Blueberry" release: http://olpc.tv/
• OLPC blog: PixelQi update, 3Qi display enters production: http://blog.laptop.org/2009/12/07/pixelqi-update-3qi-display-enters-production/
• World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education: How do you evaluate a plan like Ceibal? http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/evaluating-ceiba×
• OLPC featured in Design for the Other 90%. Exhibition currently @mercycorps in Portland. http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/design/?c=education

needs work / research

• OLPC's write application http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/28/0032254/AbiCollab-Takes-On-Google-Docs-and-Zoho-Writer
• Tempo donates 50% profit to OLPC http://bigbuttondesign.com/2009/11/13/50-of-tempo-proceeds-donated-to-olpc/
• http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/11/14/ceasefire-liberia-providing-a-platform-for-liberians/
• thesis: http://tinyurl.com/tesisuni Evaluation OLPC Usability Engineering [CHECK BEFORE SENDING]
• Duration of Compulsory Education around the World http://j.mp/92dzbO

interviews

• Interview with #OLPC volunteer Tim McNarama http://laptop.org.nz/tim-clicks SENT Shiny 03:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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• Upper Canada College, Toronto took laptops and solar panels to Ntugi Day Secondary School in Kenya, now collaborate shared curriculum http://tinyurl.com/yhqpsv4

• [ARTICLE UNNECESSARILY NEGATIVE, see response below article and also http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/oct-17-letters-to-the-%20editor/article1327548/]

• East African Community Secretariat 10 Yr Anniversary Involves OLPC #OLPC (QUESTIONABLE ASPECTS, FACT CHECK FIRST) http://www.eac.int/component/content/320.html?task=view

  All of the detail about OLPC is wrong here. We will be participating in those events; speaking on the 20th; but we haven't received details about the campaign, and the quote about the laptop cost and donation matching were apparently extrapolated from G1G1 2007 text?? without contacting us.

• XO Laptop (picture of Walter) as one of 7 inventions that are changing the world.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/28/7-inventions-that-are-cha_n_337877.html?slidenumber=Yz0ixx9YXBg%3D#slide_image

• Already sent http://twitter.com/OLPC/status/5268033720

• Netbooks making strides throughout Africa: http://www.infoworld.com/t/laptops/netbooks-gain-popularity-in-africa-605

I saw this but thought the comment in the middle of the article about XOs not being an option to most people and its suggestions of the Intel Classmate as not being a very good. What do you think?

Sent

• Negroponte Outlines the Future of OLPC—Hints at Paperlike Design for Third Generation Laptop http://tinyurl.com/ygltc3z Shiny 23:33, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
• Open education and an IT-enabled economic growth in Ghana: Musings of a dutiful citizen: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=171387 Shiny 04:09, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
• OLPC XO-3 - tablet form factor http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/04/olpc-negroponte-tablet-ebook Shiny 03:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
• OLPC: The Best ROI for Indian Children http://ictdev.org/pulse/20091105/ict4d/olpc-best-roi-indian-children Shiny 19:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
• New York Times #OLPC article 9th-November-2009 "Nonprofit Laptops: A Dream Not Yet Over" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/arts/09iht-design9.html Shiny 05:42, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
• Maths is not hard: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-moulden/math-is-not-hard-a-simple_b_331878.html Shiny 20:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
• Amping up OLPC New York Saturday November 21; 1-4PM - http://olpclearningclub.org/meetings/november-amping-up-olpc-ny-dc-meeting-date-change/ Shiny 06:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
• Nepal sets example with school laptops http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=11644 202.78.240.7 04:08, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
• XO laptop versus typhoon - who will win? http://www.ekindling.org/blogs/can-xo-laptop-survive-typhoon 202.78.240.7 00:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
• Food Force #sugar activity looking for volunteers - story boarding and social science, http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/grassroots/2009-November/001501.html Shiny 19:29, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
• Common Creativity: OLPC class at Rochester Inst of Technology http://reportermag.com/article/09-18-2009/common-creativity User:Shiny 21:27, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
• Seeking teachers in Greece for 500 laptop class programme http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=1861 Shiny 03:50, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
• RT @cameronreilly: photos of the OLPC rollout in Northern Territories, Australia http://bit.ly/2Jec3f Shiny 05:21, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
• Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions: A venture by some teachers has led school officials to ask who owns materials developed for public schools http://ur1.ca/fzpf User:Shiny
• One Laptop per Pacific Child - Fiji plans 70,000 XO Laptops http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com/2009/11/release-fiji-government-embraces-olpc.html Shiny 20:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
• @sameerverma: Schedule for OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009 is filling up quickly! http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf-summit Remember to RSVP. #olpc 202.78.240.7 20:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
• OOo4kids. http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
• Laptops for each student in 13 schools in Sri Lanka. http://is.gd/4YeJT #olpc Shiny 20:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
• seeking zero duty on education laptops http://www.mydigitalfc.com/entrepreneurship/education-project-seeks-zero-duty-laptops-571 Shiny 19:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
• Peru Information Technology Report Q4 2009 - new report released http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-information-technology-report-q-r1563379.htm Shiny 01:47, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
• http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo1/olpc_xo_greenest_laptop_made.html Shiny 19:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
• #OLPC in Austria http://olpcaustria.soup.io/ Shiny 22:23, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
• Who will be joining the OLPC in Toronto this weekend? 15 brand new XO-1.5 prototype XO laptops, packed and ready to go for FUDCon. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Toronto_2009 Shiny 21:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
• Fichas y Fascículos de Uruguay http://ur1.ca/h0yk Lynnwang 17:25, 2 December 2009 (EST)
• A video about the impact of the XOs in a Ugandan school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6udGcnxyg&feature=player_embedded Lynnwang 11:52 3 December 2009 (EST)
• Mesh Networks: what they are and why XOs use them to extend connectivity http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/mesh-networks-come-of-age.ars Lynnwang 16:52 3 December 2009 (EST)
• OLPC 亞太區第二站：不丹任務 http://www.olpc.asia/blog/ Lynnwang 9:56 4 December 2009 (EST)
• @jnxyz http://ur1.ca/h4kk Constructionism working. Children learn when the material is relevant to them. Technology helps engage them Lynnwang 10:37 4 December 2009 (EST)
• The Workforce Development Authority joined hands with OLPC to ensure that technical training schools are not left out http://allafrica.com/stories/200912040032.html Lynnwang 12:49 4 December 2009 (EST)
• XOs bridging the digital divide http://becoleman.blogspot.com/2009/12/digital-divide.html Lynnwang 14:30 4 December 2009 (EST)
• OLPC is looking for a Director of Marketing and Communications http://laptop.org/en/utility/people/job_DirMarCom.shtml Lynnwang 15:43 4 December 2009 (EST)
• OLPC Kasiisi in Uganda is still going strong http://olpckasiisi.blogspot.com/2009/11/xos-still-going-strong-at-kasiisi.html Shiny 22:32, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
• RT @renata_bia “O modo d alguém adquirir fluência em tecnologia é semelhante ao d adquirir fluência numa língua...” (Papert) Lynnwang 11:07 7 December 2009 (EST)
• Silicon Madness: XO 1.5 Preliminary Battery Life Tests http://www.siliconmadness.com/2009/12/xo-15-preliminary-battery-life-tests.html Lynnwang 11:40 7 December 2009 (EST)
• Video from the East African Community - East African Legislative Assembly OLPC Launch http://blog.laptop.org/2009/12/07/video-from-the-eac-eala-olpc-launch/ Lynnwang 14:19 7 December 2009 (EST)
• http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick Lynnwang 11:50 8 December 2009 (EST)
• The XO featured in Design-Real at the Serpentine Gallery in London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/6753504/Design-Real-at-the-Serpentine-review.html Lynnwang 14:06 8 December 2009 (EST)
• RT @cameronreilly No Illusions Podcast 03 – Rangan Srikhanta, OLPC Australia|TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly http://bit.ly/8UQdC6Lynnwang 14:06 8 December 2009 (EST)
• Sri Lanka President Launches OLPC program: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_091/Dec1260457085CH.html
• Come work for us! OLPC is looking for a Director of Corporate and Foundation Outreach http://laptop.org/en/utility/people/job_DirCorpFndOutreach.shtml Lynnwang 15:50 10 December 2009 (EST)
• "Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living." --Nicholas Negroponte Lynnwang 10:29 14 December 2009 (EST)
• E-Book Rights to Older Books? Publisher/Author Legal Battles Grow. NYT Leader: http://nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/media/13ebooks.html
• OLPC Blog December updates: FoodForce2, Sri Lankan launch and PixelQi update: http://bit.ly/7ggaXz
• "Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions." -- William Allin Lynnwang 14 December 2009 (EST)
• OLPC Blog December updates: FoodForce2, Sri Lanka deployment and PixelQi update: http://blog.laptop.org/2009/12/11/foodforce2-update/#more-1009
• OLPC Oceania: East African Community shows lead to Pacific possibilities http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com/2009/12/east-african-community-shows-lead-to.html Lynnwang 15 December 2009 (EST)
• 不丹任務：開幕典禮暨 XO 初體驗: Opening Ceremony and XO Experience in Bhutan. http://bit.ly/6yDTmt