OLPC Users
I don't know much, but from what I can gather the users of OLPC will be:
- Initially in Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Egypt, India, China, and Thailand (source)
- K-12 (Age 5-17) [blizzard]
- Poor
- Reading and writing skills vary. As would be expected for the age group, some have none.
- English language skills vary from none to a small amount. This varies by country and region, obviously.
- They may be in a classroom with other students four years younger or older than them.
- They may be in a classroom with as few as 10 or as many as 50 students.
- Their family may be any of a number of religions, which may be resistant to western education, or women's education.
- They likely attend school in the morning, ending the day between noon and 2:30.
- They may go home to work with their families after school, selling things at market, working on the farm, fishing, gathering, etc.
- There is a huge economic gap, and poorer kids may be uninterested in things only rich kids would have (foods, activities, etc)
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There is still a lot more to learn about the target audience. See Interview 2006-06-08 and Interview 2006-06-12 and Interview 2006-07-02.
This page was last updated July 2, 2006 at 11:27pm.