[OLPC Networking] Firewalling...

[Xavier Alvarez]

Hi!

Lately I've been trying to imagine how the OLPC would impact on 
everyday life at school, and one thing that keeps popping is the 
concept of 'closing the door'.

The teacher usually closes the door (and probably windows) in 
order to isolate the class from outside interference... in a 
physical world, that's natural.

But on the digital world, how can the teacher ensure that the 
students are really not disturbed by outside sources? (ie: IMing 
with the buddy on the next classroom).

Another related issue is pop-quiz, tests, and other exam situation 
where the teacher wants to isolate kids from each other (not just 
from 'outside the class').  Or ensure that the kid is not 
cheating by doing literally doing copy-paste from the friend at 
the other end of the classroom, or even somebody outside the 
class?

I agree that the OLPC is all about doing things together and 
ubiquitous (sp?) communications... but isolation has a place too.

So, has anybody thought about this?



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XA
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