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Revision as of 17:06, 20 March 2007
Research Questions
Laptop Questions
- Will the laptop be localized or will it be in English?
- What software is included in it?
- What is the life span of the laptop?
- Who decided the educational contents?
- What if the infrastructure does not support the operation of the machine?
- What happened at the end of the use of the laptop?
Project Questions
- What is OLCP?
- Who will provide the laptop?
- Who will organize this project? What are the main parties involved?
- What age brackets are considered to be eligible recipients of the laptop?
- Who is going to monitor this distribution?
- Who will provide the training?
- What if the project failed?
- How is the laptop distributed from OLPC to the children? (what distribution channel involved?)
- What is the ownership scheme? (Loaned, gift etc)
Economic
- Will the price fall below $100 by 2017?
- Will this create a competition from the commercial world?
- Does this project generate profit?
Social
- Will there still be developing nations in 2007?
- Will this new education method replace the existence and functions of schools and teachers?
- How would they adapt to the mainstream computer system?
- Shouldn't eradication of famine and hunger come first than laptop project?
- To what magnitude the laptop will affect the life of a child?
- Will this increase plagiarism?