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Linux Handhelds in African Schools

Posted by timothy on from the all-depends-on-execution dept.

blastard writes "Seems some students will be getting to use their Linux handhelds in school without getting into trouble. BBCNews has a story on fifth-graders in Kenya who will be using "E-slates" from EduVision. The EduVision site is available in German, English and Swahili."

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  1. HRMPH by u-238 · · Score: -1, Troll

    African children with handhelds? Has the world gone boinkers? What's next, Fiji Polynesians With Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors?

  2. Re:STOP BED WETTING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PLEASE!

  3. Bad idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great. Now in addition to the Nigerian 419 scams, we'll get a generation of Kenyan scam artists to deal with...