OLPC

OLPC: One Laptop Per Child, is a project started by former MIT Media Lab head Nicholas Negroponte, which gets inexpensive laptops sent to developing countries around the world. These fully functional laptops are outtfitted for use in third world countires. For instance, to power these laptops you turn a crank that charges the 10 hour battery, yes 10 hours! To read more about this check out Mr. Vogel's article in the B.C Catholic.


http://bcc.rcav.org/07-01-29/columns.htm


For a two week time period these laptops are available to North America on a "Buy two, get one" basis. Mr. Vogel made a proposal to our ICT 12 class, he will use funds from the previous years yearbook cd sales to buy one laptop to be sent to a developing country. Each student in the class can then contribute money to pay for the second laptop, which will belong to the whole class for learning purposes.

$235/24 people comes out to under $10 per person!

Thats not including Mr. Vogels generous donation of $25.

C'mon guys, what's ten bucks?