Tag Archives: One Laptop Per Child

Tablet as teacher: Poor Ethiopian kids learn ABCs

December 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopia (AP) — The kids in this volcano-rim village wear filthy, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They don’t go to school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and … read more »

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Ethiopia: How Poor African kids learn ABCs in Pictures

December 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopia (AP) — The kids in this village wear filthy, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can … read more »

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Ethiopia: Low Expectations and Cheap Publication: The Case of One Laptop per Child

November 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The one and only time I attended a meeting chaired by the former Prime Minster of Ethiopia, Ato Meles Zenawi, was in August 2007, when Ethiopia was hosting the World Technology Information Forum in Addis Ababa. One of the speakers … read more »

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Without Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach themselves How to use Laptop

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results. By David Talbot     Why It Matters Around a 100 million first-grade-aged children lack access to schools. A foundation is testing whether poor children who … read more »

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