They gave Negroponte a few minutes and he basically said the right things, but I'm afraid the idea of children as programmers might be threatening to several segments of the audience. Apparently he also wrote a letter in last Saturday's NY Times in response to the "no more laptops" story. If anyone has a copy I'd appreciate a scan or a transcription. mt On 5/9/07, Michael Tobis <mtobis@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the heads up.

It's not the only story and that one doesn't appear to be OLPC centric. Alas, the spin is more or less as I suggested in my recent posting.

See

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=5

which currently reads

=== Schools Reconsider Laptops as Educational Tools

Educators and politicians have pushed the goal of a laptop for every student. But a number of early adapting schools say the laptops aren't helping, and critics argue that the computers are simply a distraction. ===

I'm listening to the stream on kut.org which you can do even if you are overseas. Right now they are blithering about Don Imus. There will also be a couple of stories about republican presidential contenders.

http://kut2.streamguys.net/listen.pls

mt

On 5/9/07, Gary Pajer <gary.pajer@gmail.com> wrote:

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