Ed tech developer ePals this week announced that it's developing education tool's for the Classmate PC, Intel's low-cost, ruggedized laptops designed for elementary and middle school students. It's also part of Intel's World Ahead Program for bringing technology to students around the world, particularly students in "emerging" cultures.
Read article by Dave Negral in The Journal
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Jan 5, 2008
Intel and Negroponte Split Over the $100 Laptop
The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times both ran articles this week about Intel leaving Negroponte's OLPC Nonprofit Organization. OLPC is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to bring learning opportunities to the most remote and poorest children of the world by providing connected, low-cost and rugged laptops to each and every child in their daily lives.
Intel had paid $6 million and promised to contribute another $12 million to Negroponte's organization. The dispute is over Intel's aggressive marketing of the Classmate PC.
Intel had paid $6 million and promised to contribute another $12 million to Negroponte's organization. The dispute is over Intel's aggressive marketing of the Classmate PC.
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