Recently I had a conversation with Sameer Verma of San Francisco State University about an innovative venture he's involved with -- the One Laptop per Child project. Verma, an open source software (OSS) activist, was invited by Professor Evan Duggan, Executive Director of the Mona School of Business and new Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Mona, whom he went to school with, to spearhead the OLPC project in Jamaica.
By coincidence, my fellow-blogger Annie Paul just posted this article about One Laptop Per Child, which I mentioned in my blog just yesterday. I am so happy to hear that it has just arrived in Jamaica. And happy that it is being employed in August Town - a community with a tempestuous history and an uneasy present, which the University of the West Indies has "adopted" as a University Township. And it is good to see that this is coming from that vibrant and beautiful city by the sea, San Francisco... Read and enjoy and thanks for letting us know, Annie!
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Bravo! Hope it lasts.
I hope so, too. I must try to get an update on how the program is progressing, so far.
Certainly I will be checking for more and more updates on this program.
Great. If you don’t see anything, please remind me. I am hoping to see more about it in the local media…
ok will do