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.

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instanceOf educational initiative
international development project
nonprofit organization
actualLaunchPrice about 188 US dollars
announced World Economic Forum in Davos
surface form: World Economic Forum 2005
businessModel One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: Give One Get One program

government bulk purchases
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedFor costs higher than initial $100 target
insufficient teacher training
limited educational impact in some deployments
underestimating infrastructure challenges
developedProduct One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: XO laptop

One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: XO-1 laptop

One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: XO-1.5 laptop

One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: XO-1.75 laptop

XO-4 laptop
focusesOn children
education
information and communication technologies for development
foundedBy Alan Kay
Mary Lou Jepsen
Nicholas Negroponte
Seymour Papert
Walter Bender
GiveOneGetOneLaunchDate 2007
hasMainGoal bridge the global digital divide
provide low-cost laptops to children in developing countries
support digital learning for children
headquarteredIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
implementedInCountry Afghanistan
Brazil
Cambodia
Ethiopia
Haiti
Mexico
Mongolia
Nicaragua
Peru
Rwanda
Uruguay
initialPriceTarget 100 US dollars
inspiredBy MIT Media Lab
legacy influenced low-cost educational computing devices
inspired other national one-to-one laptop programs
legalForm nonprofit organization
notableNationalProgram Plan Ceibal in Uruguay
partneredWith United Nations Development Programme
various national governments
productFeature child-friendly interface
low power consumption
mesh networking capability
rugged design
sunlight-readable display
promotedConcept constructionist learning
one-to-one computing
open source software in education
shortName One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: OLPC
softwarePlatform Sugar
softwarePlatformBasedOn Fedora Linux
Linux
surface form: GNU/Linux
startDate 2005
status largely inactive as a hardware program by mid-2010s
supports open content for education
open hardware principles
targetPopulation primary school children
targetRegion developing countries
website http://one.laptop.org/

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MIT Media Lab notableProject One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child shortName One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: OLPC
One Laptop per Child developedProduct One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: XO laptop
One Laptop per Child developedProduct One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: XO-1 laptop
One Laptop per Child developedProduct One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: XO-1.5 laptop
One Laptop per Child developedProduct One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: XO-1.75 laptop
One Laptop per Child businessModel One Laptop per Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Give One Get One program
Sugar originallyDevelopedFor One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project
Sugar originallyDevelopedFor One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: OLPC XO laptop
Sugar supportsHardware One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: OLPC XO-1
Sugar supportsHardware One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: OLPC XO-1.5
Sugar supportsHardware One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: OLPC XO-1.75
Sugar supportsHardware One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: OLPC XO-4
Plan Ceibal in Uruguay basedOn One Laptop per Child
subject surface form: Plan Ceibal
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child initiative
Mary Lou Jepsen coFounded One Laptop per Child
Walter Bender notableWork One Laptop per Child
Walter Bender coFounded One Laptop per Child
Nicholas Negroponte founded One Laptop per Child
Sugar Labs originatedFrom One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project
Sugar Labs associatedWith One Laptop per Child
Sugar Toolkit previousDeveloper One Laptop per Child
Sugar Toolkit relatedTo One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child XO laptops
OLPC OS developedFor One Laptop per Child
OLPC OS developedBy One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project
OLPC OS partOf One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child initiative
Sugar learning platform originallyDevelopedFor One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project
Sugar learning platform originatedInProject One Laptop per Child
Mary Lou knownFor One Laptop per Child
subject surface form: Mary Lou Jepsen
Mary Lou coFounded One Laptop per Child
subject surface form: Mary Lou Jepsen
Intel Classmate PC relatedTo One Laptop per Child
Sugar desktop environment originallyDevelopedFor One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project
OLPC XO laptop partOf One Laptop per Child
OLPC XO laptop developer One Laptop per Child
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child organization
Olaf Palme Prize (team, OLPC-related) relatedTo One Laptop per Child
Sugar shell usedIn One Laptop per Child
subject surface form: Sugar Shell
this entity surface form: One Laptop per Child project