One Laptop per Child
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One Laptop per Child is an educational nonprofit initiative that aimed to provide low-cost, durable laptops to children in developing countries to support digital learning and bridge the global digital divide.
Aliases (14)
- One Laptop per Child project ×4
- One Laptop per Child initiative ×2
- Give One Get One program ×1
- OLPC ×1
- OLPC XO laptop ×1
- OLPC XO-1 ×1
- OLPC XO-1.5 ×1
- OLPC XO-1.75 ×1
- OLPC XO-4 ×1
- One Laptop per Child XO laptops ×1
- XO laptop ×1
- XO-1 laptop ×1
- XO-1.5 laptop ×1
- XO-1.75 laptop ×1
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational initiative
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international development project → nonprofit organization → |
| actualLaunchPrice |
about 188 US dollars
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| announced |
World Economic Forum 2005
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| businessModel |
Give One Get One program
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government bulk purchases → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizedFor |
costs higher than initial $100 target
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insufficient teacher training → limited educational impact in some deployments → underestimating infrastructure challenges → |
| developedProduct |
XO laptop
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XO-1 laptop → XO-1.5 laptop → XO-1.75 laptop → XO-4 laptop → |
| focusesOn |
children
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education → information and communication technologies for development → |
| foundedBy |
Alan Kay
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Mary Lou Jepsen → Nicholas Negroponte → Seymour Papert → Walter Bender → |
| GiveOneGetOneLaunchDate |
2007
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| hasMainGoal |
bridge the global digital divide
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provide low-cost laptops to children in developing countries → support digital learning for children → |
| headquarteredIn |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| implementedInCountry |
Afghanistan
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Brazil → Cambodia → Ethiopia → Haiti → Mexico → Mongolia → Nicaragua → Peru → Rwanda → Uruguay → |
| initialPriceTarget |
100 US dollars
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| inspiredBy |
MIT Media Lab
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| legacy |
influenced low-cost educational computing devices
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inspired other national one-to-one laptop programs → |
| legalForm |
nonprofit organization
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| notableNationalProgram |
Plan Ceibal in Uruguay
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| partneredWith |
United Nations Development Programme
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various national governments → |
| productFeature |
child-friendly interface
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low power consumption → mesh networking capability → rugged design → sunlight-readable display → |
| promotedConcept |
constructionist learning
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one-to-one computing → open source software in education → |
| shortName |
OLPC
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| softwarePlatform |
Sugar
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| softwarePlatformBasedOn |
Fedora Linux
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GNU/Linux → |
| startDate |
2005
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| status |
largely inactive as a hardware program by mid-2010s
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| supports |
open content for education
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open hardware principles → |
| targetPopulation |
primary school children
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| targetRegion |
developing countries
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| website |
http://one.laptop.org/
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