Re: [school-discuss] One Tablet Computer Per Child?

[<marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes . . . I would like to get my hands on a couple of those computers too.  It would be really unfortunate if they did not use Sugar.  It is truly child friendly and innovative.



On Mon, 31 May 2010 12:33:00 -0700 (PDT), Joel Kahn 
wrote:
> Marilyn wrote:
>>I burned Sugar on CDs and played with them in class
>>for a week this spring.  As you probably know, Sugar
>>is the OS on the One Laptop Per Child project
>>(sugarlabs.org).  It is free and fabulous and has
>>collaborative story building features in it.  My high
>>school kids had a blast with Sugar.
> 
> Speaking of OLPC . . . Do any of you have info on the
> alleged iPad-style machine that is supposedly going
> to be the next generation? Some of the conflicting
> rumors are about whether Sugar will still be the OS
> when the hardware finally emerges.
> 
> In any case, I hope that a radically new OLPC box will
> mean dirt-cheap old ones floating around. My youngest
> niece (well below high school age) would probably have
> a blast with one too.
> 
> Joel