My new XO laptop in Powell's Books, Portland, Oregon, USA on Dec. 20, 2007. It is amazing. Beyond what I had hoped for. It works wonderfully. It cost under $200 to build and includes cutting edge technology (Mesh!) which doesn't exist in our most expensive laptops. It runs on Linux, a free and open-source operating system. And it's revolutionary interface, Sugar, promotes collaborative learning. I paid $399. for this machine as part of the OLPC Give One Get One program, in which I receive one machine and a second machine is donated to a child in a developing country. That feels pretty good as well. I can't imagine an educator who would not be excited about this. If you want to know more, here is a link to my YouTube playlist of videos on the XO Laptop and OLPC. It's not too late to order one, the deadline has been extended through Dec. 31, 2007.
2 comments:
Robin, I look forward to following your story. I'm blogging about the XO too and hosting user groups. Did you join the Clrm 2.0 XO group yet?
Jane http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com/2007/12/xo-is-here.html
Yes, I recently joined the Clrm 2.0 XO group. Thanks for your blog link- great blog. I'm in California for the holidays but will return to Portland shortly before the first of the year. I would love a f2f meet-up with other XO users to give the mesh network a try. Hope to meet you sometime!
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