Learning with the $100 Laptop

The coming year should see the start of a world-changing event, through the plan by the Media Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with the World Bank, the United Nations and corporate investors, to provide a $100 laptop to many millions of schoolchildren in developing countries. The computers will not be available for sale, but will be distributed to schools directly though large government initiatives (http://laptop.media.mit.edu). A personal, portable computer is an exciting opportunity for children to explore science and society, to develop new media literacies and to converse and share online. It is also a huge responsibility, to make sure that the initiative really does help children to learn, in ways that are matched to their needs, interests and cultures. (full letter ...)

About Us

G1:1, pronounced as "G one one", is a global initiative for collaborative research that supports increased international sharing and coordination of 1:1 TEL . Currently, this global network of research teams aims at promoting the rapid advancement of research-based understandings of 1:1 TEL that will provide the foundation and disseminate information for progressively extending its impact throughout the world. (more ...)

G1:1 Inventories

G1:1 inventories include project inventory, testbed inventory, and bibliography about 1:1 digital learning. By browsing these inventories, G1:1 users can track the emerging technologies and identify the international trend about 1:1 digital learning. Through contributing to these inventories, global researchers can look to share expertise, enable collaboration and compatibility, seek external funding and equipments, and offer consultancy and evaluation services of 1:1 digital learning. For completed examples, please see Student mLearning project and CETADL testbed provided by professor Mike Sharples. (more ...)