OLPC Australia Pushes Boundaries of Education

angry tapir writes "Slashdot recently discussed some of the problems with the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, where, in general, teachers did not make creative use of the technology by just regarding the laptops as an end in themselves. In Australia, the local OLPC organization is attempting to address similar issues by creating an educational framework around the laptops that involves training students how to teach others about the technology and even conduct hardware repairs on the XOs. Some of the early results at XO-equipped schools, which in Australia are generally in remote and disadvantaged schools, have been impressive."

Comments

Re:Wrong starting point

[Chrisq]

Essentially they were expensive bricks that did not get used.

I'd like to see a follow-up study on physical fitness

Re:G'day, dingo!

[scdeimos]

Nice American accent.