[Educators] OLPC in South Africa, eThekwini

Yama Ploskonka yama at netoso.com
Thu Apr 2 16:47:14 EDT 2009


1) you may be able to get some XOs for development purpose through
the Comntributors Program

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors

2) no idea, but good luck... Elonex by now are $150 USD, so you may want 
to just use that technology than try something totally new


Dirk Coetsee wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to get an "Open Learning" Project going in the South African 
> region of eThekwini in conjunction with the local University where I work.
> 
> We are still trying to arrange funding, generate content and run trials. 
> However, on a related note, we are setting up a WiFi network and trying 
> to provide access to this network through low cost netbooks.
> 
> We are trying two things:
> 
> (1) I would like a procure some OLPC's for testing on the pilot network. 
> How can I do this?
> (2) We are trying to design a very cheap netbook (like the OLPC, but for 
> adults) locally to help lower/middle income groups tap into the WiFi 
> net. I am very interested in using OLPC/Pixel Qi's technology for this 
> project and I would like to collaborate with them on our design.
> 
> Any assistance you can provide me will be most appreicated.
> 
> Sincerely
> Dirk Coetsee
> 
> 
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