[Cc-hk] "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) is here

Haggen So haggenso at gmail.com
Fri Dec 19 11:31:05 EST 2008


Not only is the "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) a great project for the
children in developing countries, the project also integrated Creative
Commons licensing as an important policy of the
project<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Creative_Commons>.
Content created or donated in the project are CC-licensed (for example:8.5
GB of CC-Licensed Samples for the
OLPC<http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8163>).


The project established the Asia office in Hong Kong and twenty thousand
OLPCs will be donated to Sichuan in the first phase. The details can be
found below. There are also two coming events:

1. IT Fun Day
Date: 21st December, 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00pm ~ 5:00pm
Venue: Around the junction of Morrison Street and Wing Lok Street in Sheung
Wan

The IT Fun Day is a carnival with award presentation, performance, booth
display and games with the latest IT applications and aims to promote IT
concepts to the public.

Two booths will be run by OLPC. Come and see the machines for real.

2. OLPC The Gathering
Date: 10th January, 2009 (Saturday)
Organizer: Opensource Application Knowledge Association

A more technical discussion on OLPC. Details to be announced at
http://www.oaka.org/

<http://www.olpc.asia/>

[image: 1]
At "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC), we want to create educational
opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with
a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop.


[image: 2]We are a non-profit organization, which makes these children our
mission and not our market. Thus, wherever we go, we agree to adhere to 5
core principles:

   1. children keep the laptops
   (we want the children to take the laptop home to use it whenever and
   wherever they want)
   2. focus on early education
   (our software is designed for children aged 6 to12)
   3. large number of laptops
   (we aim to supply whole classes and entire schools with laptops so that
   everyone gets one and no one is left out)
   4. connection to the internet
   (we believe there are many neat things to learn on the internet)
   5. free and open source software
   (allows the laptop to grow and adapt with the needs of each child)

[image: 3]
The XO is designed specifically to work in tough conditions and remote
areas. It comes packed with software to enable children to learn, explore,
create and share.

The XO has a big mission. It is a potent learning tool designed and built
especially for children in developing countries, living in some of the most
remote and harsh environments. It addresses real world issues including
everything from extreme climate conditions such as high heat and humidity,
to technological concerns such as local language support.

[image: 4]The XO is about the size of a small textbook with a unique screen
that is readable under direct sunlight for children who go to school
outdoors and built-in wireless for remote internet connection. It is water
and dust proof with shock resistant features. A mere 1.3 watts powers the XO
and where electricity is not available, it can be solar or human powered.

OLPC emphasizes on making software for exploring and expressing, rather than
instruction. Using the laptop, children engage in constructing knowledge
based upon their personal interests; sharing and critiquing these
constructions will lead them to become better learners and teachers.












The massive earthquake that hit Sichuan may have ended lives and livelihoods
of many, but we cannot let its devastating effects end the hope and future
of their children. With almost all schools and teaching resources destroyed,
the children are desperate to get back on track with learning. Knowledge is
the best asset they have to conquer the challenges ahead.

OLPC Asia Pacific is ready to deliver the vision of the project to the
children in the earthquake-stricken areas. Ten primary schools there have
been selected, 20,000 XO laptops will be delivered in phases. Training of
teachers will follow and technical support will continue.



Your support and donations will help us accomplish this mission. Receiving
an XO helps fulfill the hopes and dreams of many children in disaster and
poverty stricken areas; giving them a precious opportunity to create a
better and brighter future.




The Give 1 Get 1 program is a chance for you to donate an XO laptop to a
child in Sichuan and get one for yourself at cost. With HK$3,380, you can
give a child the gift of learning and knowledge and experience the unique XO
for yourself.

The time is NOW, DONATE and help the children in Sichuan regain their
opportunity for a better future through the empowerment of continuous
learning.

Deadline for G1G1 donations is January 25, 2009. Please go to
www.olpc.asiaand donate today.










  <http://www.olpc.asia/>

 贊助人 Patron:
香港特別行政區 財政司司長 曾俊華先生JP
Mr John Tsang Chun-wah, JP, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong S.A.R.
贊助Sponsors:

支持機構Supporting organizations:
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