TechnikBasteln
Thanks to sponsorship via the 6th NetIdee call of the Internet Foundation Austria (IPA) OLPC (Austria) was able to launch a new project in November 2011:
TechnikBasteln is an innovative and interdisciplinary project which is focused on children. They are accompanied by us in experiencing, learning about, and understanding information and communication technologies (ICT) in workshops. Among other topics, these workshops address how computers and mobile phones work, the structure of the Internet, and how to safely use these tools and technologies.
More information about the project is available at www.technikbasteln.net (at the moment the Web site is only available in German).
Keynote: One to One Computing in School
On February 11, 2011 Christoph Derndorfer gave a keynote about "One Laptop per Child in Latin America and what we can learn from it" as part of a "One to One Computing in School" conference at University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland in Goldau. A recording of the talk is available in a variety of formats as are the accompanying slides. (Please note that the keynote was given in German.)
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Do you want to learn more about the global olpc project? Are you working on a project within the context of OLPC? Do you want to play with the famous XO-1 / XO-1.5 laptops that more than a million children around the world are using? Are you interested in supporting OLPC (Austria) and our projects?
Then get in touch with us at office@olpc.at so we can arrange a meeting! Although we are generally based in Vienna we also regularly spend time in Graz and Linz.
About Us
OLPC Austria is an open and versatile group supporting the OLPC project in many different ways. Everyone's invited to contribute!
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One Laptop Per Child is one of the most ambitious education projects ever attempted. The idea is simple: children in developing nations receive special laptops that enable them to learn and get access to our connected world.
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