LIRNEasia » low-cost computer http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Fri, 25 May 2012 02:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 One Laptop per Child: the issue is economics http://lirneasia.net/2008/11/one-laptop-per-child-the-issue-is-economics/ http://lirneasia.net/2008/11/one-laptop-per-child-the-issue-is-economics/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:58:46 +0000 Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/?p=2899 We’ve covered the progress of the OLPC from time to time. The person leading the effort in China and South East Asia is an old and good friend, Tony Wong.

By now, Mr. Negroponte insists, enough of these learning machines are in the hands of children in the developing world to see results. The children, from 6 to 12 years old, are more passionate about learning and educators are reporting fewer problems with discipline and truancy. “It’s unequivocally working,” said Mr. Negroponte, the founding director of the M.I.T. Media Lab. “The issue is the economics.”

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