One Laptop Per Child originally started for children in developing countries. They have been developing a low cost lap top for revolutionize the education of the world's children. I did not say how we would educate because children can teach each other. The child's environment is also a teacher. The OLPC most recently have designed the XO and now the XO-2. Their mission is to provide 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, self-empowered learning. These laptops were designed with the real world in mind, considering everything from extreme environmental conditions such as high heat and humidity, to technological issues such as local language support. As a result, the XO laptop is extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun.
Part of our design for the classroom of the future calls for these instruments to be distributed to the students. The XO-2 shown above can be used in 3 modes:
- Book mode - the handbook is used as a notebook or book reader, and held with its hinge vertical.
- Laptop mode - the "lower" (right hand) display of the handbook displays a keyboard, leaving the upper display for application windows.
- Tablet mode - when flat, the handbook provides a surface for drawing, writing, and games.
The applications on the current XO are very thorough as it is now. Here are all the activities:
 | Help: org.laptop.HelpActivity Documentation and Help for the XO Download: Help (latest) (v.10) |  | Browse: org.laptop.WebActivity Web browser based on xulrunner Download: Browse (8.2) (v.102) |  | Read: org.laptop.sugar.ReadActivity Book/PDF reader Download: Read (8.2) (v.56) |  | Record: org.laptop.RecordActivity Still, video, and audio capture Download: Record (8.2) (v.59) |  | TamTamJam: org.laptop.TamTamJam Music composition and synthesis.
Tamtam has four separate activities : TamTam Jam, Edit, Synthlab, and Mini. Download: TamTamJam (latest) (v.51) |  | Pippy: org.laptop.Pippy Python Programming language/environment Download: Pippy (latest) (v.30) |  | Etoys: org.vpri.EtoysActivity Learning / programming / authoring environment Download: Etoys (8.2) (v.94) | |  | Moon: com.garycmartin.Moon Moon phase viewer, includes Lunar phase information, eclipse data, and various display options. Download: Moon (latest) (v.10) |  | Ruler: com.laptop.Ruler Graphical cm/mm ruler and grids to take measurements of lengths and angles of objects the size of XO laptop screen Download: Ruler (latest) (v.3) |  | Scratch: edu.mit.media.ScratchActivity An easy-to-learn, multimedia programming language. Snap together colorful command blocks to create interactive animations, stories, and games, then share your creatiions on the Scratch website. Download: Scratch (latest) (v.12) |  | Speak: vu.lux.olpc.Speak An animated face that speaks whatever you type Download: Speak (latest) (v.9) |  | Log: org.laptop.Log An activity version of the Sugar logging tool Download: Log (latest) (v.16) |  | Analyze: org.laptop.Analyze An activity version of the Sugar analyze tool Download
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As it happens, many more Activities (and the most recent versions of the above!) are available on the Sugar Labs website: www.sugarlabs.org click on "activities". Sugar is the native learning environment of OLPC's XO laptops and runs on PCs and even Macs with virtualization.
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