Comments on: Two laptops per child http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: andy carvin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-275054 andy carvin Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:36:53 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-275054 Negroponte's been talking about this for while now. I remember seeing him at the September 2005 MIT Emerging Tech Conference where he said that they hoped to distribute the $100 laptop to students in developing countries, while another version at a slightly higher price point would be available to the public. Negroponte’s been talking about this for while now. I remember seeing him at the September 2005 MIT Emerging Tech Conference where he said that they hoped to distribute the $100 laptop to students in developing countries, while another version at a slightly higher price point would be available to the public.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274873 Mindy McAdams Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:39:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274873 [...] So give me a way to do what those "you can sponsor a child for just $24 a month" campaigns purport to do. Send me a picture of a kid with the laptop I bought for her. Make a Web site, for heaven's sake, so it's fully transparent and all of us donors know we are not all getting the same photo of the same kid. [...] [...] So give me a way to do what those “you can sponsor a child for just $24 a month” campaigns purport to do. Send me a picture of a kid with the laptop I bought for her. Make a Web site, for heaven’s sake, so it’s fully transparent and all of us donors know we are not all getting the same photo of the same kid. [...]

]]> By: Teaching Online Journalism http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274872 Teaching Online Journalism Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:36:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274872 <strong>Support this child's laptop for only pennies ...</strong> [...] So give me a way to do what those "you can sponsor a child for just $24 a month" campaigns purport to do. Send me a picture of a kid with the laptop I bought for her. Make a Web site, for heaven's sake, so it's fully transparent and all of us... Support this child’s laptop for only pennies …

[...] So give me a way to do what those “you can sponsor a child for just $24 a month” campaigns purport to do. Send me a picture of a kid with the laptop I bought for her. Make a Web site, for heaven’s sake, so it’s fully transparent and all of us…

]]> By: Duffer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274870 Duffer Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:33:55 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274870 There's a link to the website which will educate you. But then again, who needs education, right? Certainly not the poor. There’s a link to the website which will educate you.
But then again, who needs education, right? Certainly not the poor.

]]> By: echy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274699 echy Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:35:49 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274699 If these kids have everything necessary to receive an education except a computer then why the need for crank power? They are already in a building with electricity and internet access. The money would be better spent building a computer lab. If these kids don't have electricity then they don't have internet access. What are they going to do with the computers? The money would be better spend on traditional school supplies and books. I don't get it. If these kids have everything necessary to receive an education except a computer then why the need for crank power? They are already in a building with electricity and internet access. The money would be better spent building a computer lab.

If these kids don’t have electricity then they don’t have internet access. What are they going to do with the computers? The money would be better spend on traditional school supplies and books.

I don’t get it.

]]> By: ggwfung http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274434 ggwfung Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:45:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274434 hey yoda, it's got a windup crank. That's where muscle power still comes in handy. hey yoda, it’s got a windup crank. That’s where muscle power still comes in handy.

]]> By: Yoda http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274389 Yoda Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:04:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274389 1.6 billion people don't have access to electricity and we should give them laptops? Might make a good paper weight I suppose. 1.6 billion people don’t have access to electricity and we should give them laptops? Might make a good paper weight I suppose.

]]> By: Duffer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274264 Duffer Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:21:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274264 Yes. Count me in too. I'll write them now. Yes. Count me in too.
I’ll write them now.

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274115 Hasan Jafri Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/10/two-laptops-per-child/#comment-274115 Laptops for children in the developing world are the antidote to poverty, want, terrorism and war. The more the merrier. Laptops for children in the developing world are the antidote to poverty, want, terrorism and war. The more the merrier.

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