Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st May 2007 13:40 UTC, submitted by Laurence
Chip-maker Intel "should be ashamed of itself" for efforts to undermine the USD 100 laptop initiative, according to its founder Nicholas Negroponte. He accused Intel of selling its own cut-price laptop - the Classmate - below cost to drive him out of markets. Professor Negroponte, who aims to distribute millions of laptops to kids in developing countries, said Intel had hurt his mission "enormously".
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Before I say anything, let me qualify, I live in New Mexico.
It ranks as one of or among the poorest states in the United States even below Louisiana which looks like an economic superpower to us. Our population, except for in places like Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Albuquerque, and several larger towns, is grindingly poor.
We've found that technology does not `teach` but only re-enforces or augments the learning process. Yes, there are self-learners and exceptions to the rule but more-often-than-not this is a rule. It is also a good research tool if you trust your sources online.
Now this Intel v. Professor Nicholas Negroponte is another Goliath v. David battle. A well-aimed stone might get the point across but I doubt it'll make a damaging impact unless the rest of the open source army into the battle.
Maybe my points are we must pay people to teach. The teaching process must include technology but not replace the learning process or replace thinking.