Rwanda's laptop revolution

Submitted by tabitha on Mon, 2010-03-29 21:15

Rwanda has a plan to prevent any return to the genocide of 1994: connect 100,000 children to the outside world with their own laptops

Source and full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/28/rwanda-laptop-revolution

To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

Kotahi tamaiti, Kotahi rorohiko iti: nō Aotearoa