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Nov 28 2007
Sali’s Journal: The OLPC XO Goes to Africa


  “I gave a few of the children ages five through eleven the chance to play with the XO for ten minutes on their own. They each typed their name and took their pictures and together played “Memorize” and “TamTamJam,” a music application on the computer. They danced to the music they created.
  
  The one thing that perplexed me the most was their ability to type their name. They picked up the keyboard so quickly given the fact that many of them had never seen a computer before.”

Sali’s Journal: The OLPC XO Goes to Africa

“I gave a few of the children ages five through eleven the chance to play with the XO for ten minutes on their own. They each typed their name and took their pictures and together played “Memorize” and “TamTamJam,” a music application on the computer. They danced to the music they created.

The one thing that perplexed me the most was their ability to type their name. They picked up the keyboard so quickly given the fact that many of them had never seen a computer before.”

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