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=One Laptop Per Child=

One Laptop Per Child OLPC is a non-profit association who’s goal is to provide laptops to every child in the world in order to help them learn in an interactive way through the use of technology and community building. The emphasis is not on the laptop, or the programs it contains, but it is on allowing children in the poorest and remote populations on earth learn about learning. The site’s mission statement writes that children are our most precious natural resource, and by nurturing their potentials, it can contribute to a more productive and saner world community.
 * Description**

It is spearheaded by former MIT Media Labs co-founder, Nicholas Negroponte.

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 * Insights**
 * Interaction, is how we initially learn, but after a certain age, we learn through being taught, but not through interaction. Computers provide interaction where much of it is driven by the learner
 * Community is a type of initiative for children to learn
 * Simply tapping into children’s potential of learning, and giving importance to that through innovative ways can help develop a stronger identity and sense of importance within the child
 * OLPC helps converge 21st century technology into a hand held device that allows children to use lateral thinking
 * This helps opens up ideas on how technology can be positively used to influence the cognitive patterns in children
 * The sheer interest and fun-factor of this laptop can also involve the family to take part in their children’s learning process


 * Links/Sources**

1. "Mission" One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) 2007. 25 Oct.2007< http://laptop.org/vision/mission/>

2. Poulsen, Kevin "Negroponte: Laptop For Every Kid" Wired Magazine 2005. CondéNet. 25th Oct. 2007 

3. “Ask OLPC a Question” OLPC Wiki. Oct 24th 2007. Oct 25th 2007