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: See

: See

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_papers Academic Papers]

:* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Academic_papers Academic Papers]

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Experience Experience and Anecdotal Evidence]

:* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Experience Experience and Anecdotal Evidence]

* [[Education Team/Education Bibliographies|Education Bibliographies]]

:* [[Education Team/Education Bibliographies|Education Bibliographies]]

: If you would like to see more specific measures, please ask us. We are in contact with many educational research organizations.

: If you would like to see more specific measures, please ask us. We are in contact with many educational research organizations.

: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.

: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

:* Install Sugar on your current Linux, if you have one

* Dual boot with your current software, if you have Windows

:* Dual boot with your current software, if you have Windows

* Run Sugar in a Virtual Machine

:* Run Sugar in a Virtual Machine

* Boot from LiveCD

:* Boot from LiveCD

* Boot from Sugar on a Stick

:* Boot from Sugar on a Stick

==OLPC and Partners==

==OLPC and Partners==

: You may hear the argument that schoolchildren should use the tools that are the de facto standard in business and government offices. There are several objections to this theory, particularly as it applies to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

: You may hear the argument that schoolchildren should use the tools that are the de facto standard in business and government offices. There are several objections to this theory, particularly as it applies to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

* Linux, Sugar, and other Free Software comes with source code, so that more advanced students can learn from it and improve it. In particular, it can be adapted to any local language requirements without asking permission from a vendor.

:* Linux, Sugar, and other Free Software comes with source code, so that more advanced students can learn from it and improve it. In particular, it can be adapted to any local language requirements without asking permission from a vendor.

* It will be 6-12 years before children now in elementary school (grades 1-6) graduate from a secondary school, and either enter the workforce or go on to higher education. If you look at the software of 6-12 years ago, and compare it with what is in use today, you will see that this idea would not have worked well in the past, and is unlikely to work better in the future.

:* It will be 6-12 years before children now in elementary school (grades 1-6) graduate from a secondary school, and either enter the workforce or go on to higher education. If you look at the software of 6-12 years ago, and compare it with what is in use today, you will see that this idea would not have worked well in the past, and is unlikely to work better in the future.

* The only constant in the world today is change. Children need to learn to adapt, not learn to use only one kind of software.

:* The only constant in the world today is change. Children need to learn to adapt, not learn to use only one kind of software.

* We do not know what will be the de facto standard in business and government 6-12 years from now. Many countries are considering converting all of their operations to Free Software.

:* We do not know what will be the de facto standard in business and government 6-12 years from now. Many countries are considering converting all of their operations to Free Software.

* That isn't how we teach children anything else.

:* That isn't how we teach children anything else.

===What does the XO cost?===

===What does the XO cost?===

: OLPC provides

: OLPC provides

* XOs

:* XOs

* School servers

:* School servers

* Sugar software

:* Sugar software

* Creative-Commons licensed learning content

:* Creative-Commons licensed learning content

* Some localization

:* Some localization

: OLPC does not provide

: OLPC does not provide

* Electricity

:* Electricity

* Internet

:* Internet

* Teacher training

:* Teacher training

* Curriculum planning

:* 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.

: Children, especially poor children in areas lacking infrastructure, need computers that are

: Children, especially poor children in areas lacking infrastructure, need computers that are

* rugged

:* rugged

* safe

:* safe

* secure

:* secure

* inexpensive

:* inexpensive

* environmentally friendly

:* environmentally friendly

* able to run on limited power

:* able to run on limited power

* able to communicate in the absence of the Internet

:* able to communicate in the absence of the Internet

* fast enough

:* fast enough

* capacious enough

:* capacious enough

* able to run the best education software

:* able to run the best education software

* 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. On the other hand, older students probably should not have to use the very small XO keyboard.

: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.