Uruguay's national OLPC project Plan Ceibal provided an XO ($100 laptop) to each of the 395,000 children in primary school from 1st to 6th grade across the country's 2332 public schools. The government invested $100 million in these laptops and the last laptop was handed over last October.
With the help of a Rising Voices micro-grant, Blogging Since Infancy project announced several awards at a national blogging competition for the OLPC users - the primary students. Some of the awards included sponsorship of the winners to attend special courses on educational use of blogs, video editing and other skills. |
