From eSchool News: Laptop project enlivens Peruvian hamlet
Distribution of the first sets of XO laptops (part of what was formerly, but still popularly known as the $100 laptop despite the $100+ price tag) has been underway in Peru, and researchers and reporters are finding positive results thus far. Obviously it is far too early to tell what the end result will be - but children and their parents seem to be putting the computers to good use, and there seems to be an indication that they will have some power to improve the educational system in this educationally challenged country.
My favorite quote in the article comes from Oscar Becerra, Peru's head of educational technology: “If we make education pertinent, something the student enjoys, then it won’t matter if the classroom’s walls are straw or the students are sitting on fruit boxes.”
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