Xo 1.5 preview and Australian OLPC Deployments

Aimee Maree Forsstrom

Mission Statement: To improve the lives of children living in rural and remote Australia by providing them with a purpose-built educational tool that is rugged, low-cost, low-power and connected - the XO laptop.

Focus on communities with a Socio-Economic Index below national average of 1000

OLPC - Australia The Mission!

OLPC - AustraliaHow OLPC achieve their mission?

Involvement of Department of Education in each State and Territory

Inclusion in the Educational curriculum in each State and Territory

Deployed over 2500 XO laptops to 40 remote communities

Closing the Gap

QuestionsLocal Involvement

Involvement of local teachers and community elders

Providing an online educational portal for teachers to be certified on using the Xo in classrooms

Local training and skill share for each deployment

OLPC - AustraliaEducation Project

Closing the Gap

Questions

Education

What's an Xo? Laptop designed for children Designed for rugged environments Educational tool Low cost

Xo 1.5 The Software

Fedora Spin – Sugar Sugar learning platform

Sugar Activities Python 2.6 PyGTK GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.4.1

Xo 1.5 and beyond – GNOME 2.26.3

Xo 1.5 The Hardware

Rubber membrane keyboard and touchpad Flash drive (1024MB NAND flash) AMD Geode LX processor (integrated graphics

processor) 1.3W at 433MHz 7.5-inch dual-mode thin film transistor (TFT)

display 640x480 resolution video camera Analog stereo sound chip

802.11b/g compatible wireless Ethernet Marvel chipset

Battery between16.5 and 22 watt-hours of operation

Other power sources such as solar panels, car batteries

Closing the Gap

Questions