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Super Tech News / Published News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Today Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez handed out the last XO in the initial project of Plan Ceibal, Uruguay’s national olpc project, providing an XO to each of the 395,000 children in primary school from 1st to 6th grade across the country’s 2332 public schools. Of these, some 1900 are connected to the Internet; and those students and teachers generate a significant percentage...
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The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Uruguayan José Mujica, a Socialist senator has shown to be the most popular candidate for the Uruguayan Presidential election. Mujica had spent 14 years in prison for waging an urban guerilla war against the former military dictatorship. Mujica is a candidate of the governing Broad Front coalition , whose tenure has improved economic conditions in Uruguay- (as proven from the former President,...
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Otto 子's War Room (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Uruguay may be the next South American country to move to the left with a former left-wing guerrilla taking a commanding lead in several exit polls. According to the BBC: “Most polls show Senator Jose Mujica has narrowly failed to secure the 50% needed to avoid a run-off vote. If a second round is officially confirmed, he is likely to face his main conservative rival, the former president, Luis...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Opinion polls put former radical ahead of ex-president Luis Alberto Lacalle but he could be forced into run-off vote next month A charismatic former guerrilla with a knack for insulting the rest of South America is favourite to win most votes in Uruguay's presidential election today. José Mujica, 74, has caught the imagination of the young and the poor with a blunt, folksy style and a promise...
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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Uruguay may have lost to South American rival Argentina in a recent World Cup qualifying match, but it has become the first country to provide a computer to every primary school-going child as part of the One Laptop Per Child project, a program that costs the state just 5% of its total education budget. The BBC: Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state...
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Cempaka Putih (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
BBC News , By Verónica Psetizki, Montevideo, Uruguay 362,000 pupils in Uruguay now have the distinctive laptops. Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000...
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The Orstrahyun (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Kevin Rudd's promise to provide access to a laptop for all primary school students in Australia would have made Australia the first country in the world to do so. But Uruguay got there first , and went one better : Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils...
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jobsanger (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Finally, a country, Uruguay, has stepped up and used the One Laptop Per Child program to provide every student in a state primary school with a laptop computer. The program had hoped to provide the computers for $100 each, but it's costing a bit more than that. Uruguay paid $261 per computer, but that price includes the computer, maintenance costs, equipment repairs, training for teachers and internet...
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T Jantunen.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
By Verónica PsetizkiMontevideo, Uruguay Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. The [...]
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Booksellers Association (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
We have not read much about the ambitious one laptop per child initiative lately but far from doing nothing it has been busy and now Uruguay has just become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. "Plan Ceibal" enables not just children but also many Uruguayan families access the internet for the first time. Over 70% of the laptops went to homes...
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The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school, the BBC reports. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13th October. Over the last two years, 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. The “Plan Ceibal” (Education Connect)...
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Laptophobia (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Cool (except for the Linux part…) Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. BBC NEWS | Technology | Laptop for...
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Cool (except for the Linux part…) Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. BBC NEWS | Technology | Laptop for...
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One Laptop Per Child News (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
On Tuesday the President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, and his suite visited Escuela 28 / 80 in Montevideo to hand out the last Ceibal XO, as electioneering events are on their last days for presidential elections scheduled for October 25 in Uruguay. According to the Constitution the President is not to do political campaigning, so he merely indicated that this was another "promise...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
[JURIST] The Uruguayan Parliament on Monday unanimously approved legislation that provides rules for individuals seeking to change their gender identity. The bill, which was approved by Uruguay's Senate on Monday, had been approved by the House of Representatives last month. The legislation allows an individual to undergo a sex change at age 18, and allows the person to change his or her name and sexual...
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