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Learning to Change the World: The Social Impact of One Laptop Per Child
Learning to Change the World The Social Impact of One Laptop Per Child Author:Charles Kane, Walter Bender, Jody Cornish, Neal Donahue In 2005 MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte announced at the World Economic Forum that One Laptop per Child was aiming to provide rugged laptops to the world's poorest children. Almost immediately this organization garnered attention?due to its ambition, the caliber of the people working on the program, and its initial success. The author team h... more »ere tells not only the story of this lofty group of pioneers, but also puts the lessons into perspective for future social entrepreneurs?what it means to work in this type of environment, how to collaborate with educators, organizations, countries, administrators, and businesses. Part narrative history of OLPC, part social entrepreneurship lessons, and part futuristic look at attaining the education goals it set out, this book offers a real on-the-ground look at how this group brought together businesses, educators, technology, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to help bring education to the world's poorest children.« less