The project emphasizes youth as the facilitators of discussion and the creators of valuable communal media. It expands learning beyond the classroom and develops students' literacy skills, now models and methods of teaching, learning, and cultural preservation. Resource limit Bura schools, which rely primarily on rote memorization; students are considered "receptacles" to be filled with information. Providing each child with a computer can change this: "children will learn by doing, and by teaching one another and their community. In this way, they will become active collaborators in the construction of knowledge."
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How Food Prices and the Drought Affect Small Solutions Supported Communities

We have been hearing about the difficulties of rising food prices from our OLPC program sites in Bungoma (in Western Kenya near lake Viktoria) for several months.  The drought has affected this area and pasture for animals is poor and animals are dying.  Our programs provide stipends for teachers and some of the funds do go to food.  The government is supposed to provide lunches for all children in school, but if you read the reports the government has not kept up with that comittment in part due to food shortages, and also due to poor agricultural policies.

Learning on YouTube at the Student's Pace Khan Academy Channel

 
Although we talk about the potential for digital information to break down the barriers to the democratization of knowledge, this interview with Salman Khan shows to power of video broadband to increase even further connection to learning. 

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OLPC Vision : Comments on Warschuaer Ames article "Can OLPC Save the World's Poor"

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