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One Laptop per Child

(OLPC) CEIBAL Plan

Brief introduction torobotics

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The OLPC proyect was presented byNicholas Negroponte, in the WorldEconomic Forum, in 2005.

Negropontes proposal was to develop andproduce low-cost laptops, and deliverthem to every child of school age in lower

income countries. For its implementation and success, it

counted with economic support andcollaboration of giants of the computerindustry such as Google, AMD, Red Hat,

News Corp. and Brightstar.


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Nicholas NegroponteNicholas is founder and chairman of the OneLaptop per Child non-profit association. He iscurrently on leave from MIT, where he was

co-founder and director of the MIT MediaLaboratory, and the Jerome B. WiesnerProfessor of Media Technology.

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design, and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966.Conceived in 1980, the Media Laboratory opened its doors in 1985. Heis also author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has beentranslated into more than 40 languages. In the private sector, Nicholas

serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partnerin a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies forinformation and entertainment. He has provided start-up funds for morethan 40 companies, including Wired magazine.


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The mission of One Laptop per Child is toempower the children of developing countriesto learn by providing one connected laptop toevery school-age child. In order to

,believe in what were doing and want to helpmake education for the worlds children a

priority, not a privilege.


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The One Laptop per Child non-profit develops a

low-cost laptopthe XO laptoptorevolutionize how we educate the world'schildren. Our mission is to provide educationalopportunities for the world's poorest children by

giving each child a rugged, low-cost, low-power,connected laptop; and software tools andcontent designed for

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self-empowered learning.


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"This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as ifbestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lieswithin -- within each child, within each scientist, scholar, orjust plain citizen in the making. This initiative is meant to

bring it forth into the light of day.

Kofi Annan

Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997 2006)

Co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize


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learning learning

Any nations most precious natural resource isits children. We believe the emerging world

must leverage this resource by tapping into thechildrens innate capacities to learn, share, andcreate on their own. Our answer to that

challenge is the XO laptop, a childrensmachine designed for learning learning.


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(OLPC) CEIBAL Plan


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CEIBALs longer-term objective is to promote social justice by

promoting equal access to information and communication tools for all

our people.

A more dynamic learning environment that encourages innovation and

creates a culture of lifetime learning.

It is not oriented toward creating an IT-friendly environment merely

inside the classroom, but also outside: students are expected to takelaptops home so that the computer can then be shared among familymembers.

To bring Internet access to all Uruguayan homes. If we aresuccessful, Uruguay will be the most connected country in the world.

Dr. Tabar Vzquez

Americas Quarterlys article


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Improve the quality of education by integratingtechnology into the classroom, the school and thefamily.

Promote equal opportunities for all students in primary

Objectives

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Develop a collaborative culture in four areas: child-child, child-teacher, teacher-teacher and child-family-school.

Promote electronic literacy and criticality in theeducational community (respecting ethical principles).


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Objectives(cont.) Promote involvement and ownership of the

innovation by teachers (and children). Involve parents in the support and promotion of

an appropriate and responsible use of

technology for the benefit of the child and family. Promote the creation and development of new

learning communities, promoting levels of

autonomy.


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(OLPC) CEIBAL Plan


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What is a robot? An industrial robot is a programmable multifunction

manipulator, able to move materials, parts, tools orspecial devices, according to varying paths,programmed to perform different tasks.

An intelligent robot is a robot which is expected tolearn and execute tasks even in changingenvironments. An intelligent robot is a machine

capable of extracting information from theirenvironment and use that knowledge to move safely tofulfill a purpose.


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How does a robot interact with theenviroment?

They have sensors to see, hear, touch, etc.

They have actuators to modify and use the enviroment.


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Why do we use robots?

Robots are usually used to replace people inrepetitive tasks (boring), dangerous or wherehigh accuracy is required.

ey are use to rep ace peop e or secur tyand economic reasons.

They are also used for recreation, in sportscompetitions.


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Constructive robotic system of low costfor educational use.


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Objectives Create a simple and inexpensive platform to

enable students from public high-schools,become in touch with programming the behaviorof robots.

Reduce the asymmetry between public andprivate high schools.

Through robotics, transmit to teachers, students

and their families, basic knowledge on newtechnologies and their applications.


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There are many myths about computers and robots,basic unknowns about what they can and what they

cannot do; that generates unfounded fears andunrealistic expectations.

The integration of robots and computer intelligenceis gradually happening in our society, and it is

important to contribute improving the knowledge ofthese technologies.


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Roomba


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Sources OLPC wikis: http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=The_OLPC_Wiki&redirect=no

http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/370

http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/ http://www.ceibal.org.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44:objetivo

s&catid=35:acerca-del-plan&Itemid=56

http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/


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Interesting links: http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/

http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml

http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm

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