Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th May 2008 09:02 UTC
Back in November of 2006, I wrote a piece about the One Laptop Per Child Project. I was afraid that the project's focus on creating a whole new paradigm (the Sugar UI) would ultimately intervene with the actual goal of the project: teaching stuff to kids. Ivan Krstic, former director of security architecture at OLPC, wrote an essay in which he heavily criticises the OLPC project.
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"Stallman doesn't appear to actually give an acrobatic shit about learning, and sees OLPC as a vehicle for furthering his political agenda. It's shameful, the lot of it."
Learning can be viewed differently by different people.
Learning your times tables, geography etc. are all well and good but really learning is about learning to be able to learn for yourself, to learn to be interested in how things and other people work.
Using Free software means that the kids are more likely to be able to learn about software and how their computer works. The philosophy behind Free software also fosters a sense of community, learning about community is extremely important for young people, this is something that is sadly largely lacking in modern education.
To some degree programming is something that every computer user should know a little about. I've seen so many users waste so much time because they think that pointing and dragging a thousand times is the only way to get the job done.