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diff --git a/source/about_olpc.rst b/source/about_olpc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a4b8ca --- /dev/null +++ b/source/about_olpc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +========== +About OLPC +========== + +About One Laptop per Child +-------------------------- + +One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a project started by Nicholas Negroponte at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a core of MIT Media Lab personnel. The organization has grown to include passionate people creating software and hardware and sustainable community involvement to fulfill the educational mission of OLPC. + +The mission for OLPC is simple yet compelling: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning. + +You can learn more about OLPC at http://laptop.org and http://wiki.laptop.org -- everyone is welcome to participate. + +.. image:: images/About_OLPC-resized_600x163_olpclogo.jpg + +:author: + + © Anne Gentle 2008 + + adam hyde 2008 + + A Holt 2008 + + Rob Mason 2008 + + Sandy Culver 2008 + + Tom Boyle 2008 |