Well, I have officially started to blog on this little XO. These blogs are going to be short and sweet because I cannot stan to typeon this child sized keyboard for to long. I am doing some research into the significance of this little machine's ability connect to people in new ways to a larger global discourse that was at one time unavailable to children in third world countries. The signifiganeof web 2.0 and now carried into the much hailed web 3.0 (call it whatever you want, these labels are downright silly at times) is user generated content. The user is automatically given a sense of agency through self-publication. What will a small child do with such an agency? I am particularly curious about how children in these countries will utalize these tools that do not necessarily solve pressing issues in the third world such as poverty, disease,famine,malnutrition.
Rwanda may be an interesting place to explore the use of these laptops. War and genocide still weigh heavily on the minds of the people. 16,000 laptops have since been delivered to children throughout the country. How will this new generation use this access to agency? How will it shape the future of Rwanda? Of course, this beckons another question: What will Darfur be like in 14 years? What would a hungry child do with this laptop there?
I will be posting links to the OLPC wiki and some links about what people are doing with this darling little device.
A research based blog that focuses on how connectivity and access to the internet are spurring agency in places that were previously silenced.
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