MIT unveils $100 (U.S.) laptop

[jason]

This is something that I've been interested in and have been talking about for some time... thank god it is finally an option. Perhaps there are problems with it, but it is moving in the right direction. Thanks to Aaron Chan who was my student in ECE912 a couple of years ago for pointing this out to me

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$100 Laptops

[acarreiro.livejournal.com]

What a great idea, if this comes to fruition it will change the lives of many children who may not have had such an opportunity otherwise. I agree with Sue's comment that emphasis does still need to be placed on the children's ability to learn writing by hand. If this does move in the right direction, imagine all the other possibilities that these children would be given by becoming familiar with this technology. I think its great!