The annual One Laptop Per Child "Give One, Get One" program has begun again, this time under the auspices of Amazon (which will greatly simplify ordering!). The deal is that you can either give a child in the developing a world outright for $199, or for $399, you can get a second one for a kid in your life.
I'm a huge fan of the OLPC XO1 — it's a superb piece of hardware and a brilliant piece of pedagogy besides. My experiences working with kids on community-initiated sustainable development projects in the developing world lead me to believe that the poorest kids in the world stand to benefit enormously from getting one of these hackable, extendable devices in their hands.
The OLPC organization hasn't been without problems — it's hard to imagine how something this ambitious would get everything right the first time — but I have always been (and I remain) a staunch supporter of the project. I'll be ordering one for my daughter to play with when she gets a little older.
OLPC Give One Get One on Amazon
(via Engadget)
