Category Archives: Infrastructure

TED naysayer bashes OLPC

Posted on 2012/02/09 by

The TED talk Aleph Molinari: Let’s bridge the digital divide! presents a useful though not outstanding addition to the array of computer-based education initiatives, but unfortunately Molinari promotes his program by gratuitously bashing one-to-one computing in general, and the OLPC … Continue reading →

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Good News, Bad News in Tamil Nadu

Posted on 2011/12/27 by

The government of Tamil Nadu in the south of India has started a new educational computing initiative, reviewed in the sadly mistitled article Laptop scheme exposes gaps in system It is true that there are gaps in the system, especially … Continue reading →

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