[Yr7-10it] testing the $100 laptop - OLPC

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Thanks Tony.

Looks like the OLPC is now cool :-)

http://www.storyofcool.com for the catalogue of cool stuff,
http://www.storyofcool.com/?p=976 for the direct link to the article.

Regards Roland

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 7:45 AM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:

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>  Saturday 20 November, 12 noon at The Hub @ Docklands
>  near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
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>
> LUV (Linux Users of Victoria) Beginner's Workshop
>
> We will be testing the $100 laptop or OLPC
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MelbourneXOClub
>
> We will have five XO1 laptops reflashed with the latest image
> and a shiny new XO1.5 (possibly 3) for testing.
>
> This is a unique opportunity for teachers to evaluate the XO's learning
> features including mesh networking and its 100's of learning Activities.
>
> There are a million XO's in Peru and Uruguay and 4000 going into remote
> community schools in Australia, please contribute to this open source
> project by assisting with testing.
>
> Tony Forster (9796 8161)
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