OLPC's UI To Be Kid-Tested In February

dfoulger writes "The AP is reporting that kid testing of Negroponte's '$100 Laptop' starts in February. This article is some of the first mainstream coverage of just how different the user interface of the XO Computer is — it ditches the traditional office metaphors in favor of a 'neighborhood' and an activity-based journaling approach. Video of Sugar, as the UI is called, has been out on the net for a while, and Popular Science recently gave the color / monochrome display a 'Grand Award' in its 2006 technology roundup. What do you think of this new UI?"

Comments

How about reading and writing?

[rainman_bc]

Maybe I'm just a fundamentalist, but children first need to learn basic skills like reading and writing.

This is why countries like Japan and China kick the crap out of us in terms of education - they don't have this Montessori approach to education.