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OLPC XO's in Galiwin'ku (Northern Territory, Australia)
Clip from SBS News.
Clip from SBS News.
in 1974.
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Well, while computers have been compulsory in many Australian
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schools, for others, it remains a luxury.
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None more so than in the country's
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remote indigenous communities.
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But a charity started in the United States
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wants to change that.
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And it's begun a campaign to equip every child living
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in these communities with a laptop,
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starting at Galiwinku on the Northern Territory's Arnhem
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Land coast.
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It may be the world wide web, but for these kids,
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internet at home has remained a distant dream.
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That is, until now.
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The One Laptop Per Child charity has set itself
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the mission of providing children
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like these at Shepherdson College with what they say
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is a basic right for children living in this day and age.
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To engage children, we need something that's interactive,
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something that allows teachers in these classrooms
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to help reach into each child's potential.
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The organization has its roots at the prestigious Massachusetts
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Institute of Technology.
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A group of academics there wanted
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to distribute an easy-to-use laptop to children
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in developing countries and remote areas.
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And it's already given $2 million
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to children across the globe.
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The group's now setting its sights
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on Australia's remote indigenous communities.
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The principal of Shepherdson says
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When you see some of the conditions our people live in,
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it's quite often 15, 20 in a house,
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in a three to four bedroom house, so it's very, very crowded.
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The computer's designed so that those children
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with the most basic English skills can use them.
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And the beauty of this design, of this laptop,
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is that it's all icon-based.
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And only when you roll over the icons
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can you see what's going on in the computer.
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It's all icon-based.
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And only when you roll over the icons
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do you have interactions with English or another language.
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They're also made to help keep local languages alive.
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One of the visions for us in the future
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is to develop some programs around the Yolngu culture.
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And that will give us real connectedness
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to student learning, to be able to transfer Yolngu culture
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into Western culture or Western ways.
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And the so-called green machines are built to last.
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The laptop has been designed by those at MIT
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with harsh conditions in mind.
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It's been tested to withstand humidity, dust and heat.
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It's even got a screen that can be read in direct sunlight
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for those who attend school outside.
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5,000 laptops should be rolled out to communities
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throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland
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and Western Australia in the next six months.
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And they ultimately want to give 400,000 of them
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to kids across the country.
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For these kids, their gift has already arrived.
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I'm going to make some pictures in my game.
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I'm going to do pen and pictures.
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A gateway to the future, but also an instrument
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that will help keep tradition alive.
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In Galiwinku, Emma Cook, World News Australia.
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- One Laptop per Child Initiative
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- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
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- Fecha:
- 28 de mayo de 2009 - 12:53
- Visibilidad:
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- Enlace Relacionado:
- One Laptop per Child Foundation
- Duración:
- 02′ 57″
- Relación de aspecto:
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- 7.53 MBytes
