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These are questions commonly asked by governmental officials about the OLPC plan, with short answers here and links to longer discussions elsewhere. Please add questions and answers that you have encountered.
These are questions commonly asked by governmental officials about the OLPC and Sugar plans, with short answers here and links to longer discussions elsewhere. Please add questions and answers that you have encountered.
Remember, It's An Education Program, not a laptop program. XOs are part of the story, and Sugar on any other supported Linux is another.
===What's the evidence for XOs and Sugar?===
==Educational Benefits and Other Effects==
===What's the evidence for XOs and Sugar in education?===
Early results have shown gains in academic achievement, personal and social growth, and educational methods. Several trials have shown extremely promising results for immigrants struggling with a new language, and for students with disabilities of several kinds. We have also seen that these results do not occur automatically. Improper deployment can result in poor outcomes, as with any technology. However, several deployments, including Ethiopia and Nepal have returned improvements that astonished participants and researchers.
Further gains are expected when a full range of Free digital learning materials becomes readily available. At this point, computers will cost less than printed textbooks in most countries, particularly when the next generation of lower-cost computers appears.
: See
: See
* [[Education Team/Education Bibliographies|Education Bibliographies]]
* [[Education Team/Education Bibliographies|Education Bibliographies]]
: If you would like to see more specific measures, please ask us.
: If you would like to see more specific measures, please ask us. We are in contact with many educational research organizations.
==Do I have to buy XOs in order to use Sugar?==
:Not at all. This is an education project, not a laptop project. Sugar runs on a wide variety of other computers, and on a number of versions of Linux.
:The choice of computers depends on your requirements. XOs have advantages where extreme low power is required, or ruggedness, or minimum cost. Other computers may be more appropriate in other situations, or for older students. If you have computers for all of your children now, you can put Linux and Sugar on them in several ways.
* Install Sugar on your current Linux, if you have one
* Dual boot with your current software, if you have Windows
* Run Sugar in a Virtual Machine
* Boot from LiveCD
* Boot from Sugar on a Stick
==OLPC and Partners==
==OLPC and Partners==
* Internet
* Internet
* Teacher training
* Teacher training
* Curriculum planning
: Open Learning Exchange, Earth Treasury, and other organizations can assist with these requirements.
: Open Learning Exchange, Earth Treasury, and other organizations can assist with these requirements.
* usable in sunlight
* usable in sunlight
:These are not the questions asked by prosperous buyers, who usually want the biggest and fastest computers they can afford. There are, of course, many computers with faster processors, more memory, and more storage than the XO, but no others designed specifically to meet the stringent requirements of children.
:These are not the questions asked by prosperous buyers, who usually want the biggest and fastest computers they can afford. There are, of course, many computers with faster processors, more memory, and more storage than the XO, but no others designed specifically to meet the stringent requirements of children. On the other hand, older students probably should not have to use the very small XO keyboard.
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