The XO in Chile
Roberto and Lizette Greco are plush toy designers (among other things) who designed a plush mascot for a ‘one laptop per child’ campaign’ (Un Computador por Nino, or UNPC) in Chile. The mascot is pretty cute, and UNPC even has a youTube group.
UNPC does not officially support or promote the XO, they are simply lobbying for one laptop per child as an educational initiative. So Pudu, the mascot, is carrying a less distinctive laptop.
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They have a flickrstream about their children’s experience with the XO (the first pic does an evaluation of all the software they’ve installed)
They also highlighted two other piece of educational software: Squeakland, which is the inspiration for eToys; and Scratch, a programming language which looks like an interactive game/environment language. Scratch looked pretty complicated to me, but the Grecos say their kids (aged 7 and
used really took to it:
