It has taken me a while to select an adequate 1:1 laptop initiative. After much research, I decided on the Portugal initiative of using Intel's Classmate PC. The reason why I selected this endeavor is because I have some background information on the OLPC initiative in Peru and wanted to have a view of its major competitor. In order to start my work, I have sent an email to the person in charge of this project in Portugal, Mr. Carlos Zorrinho, National Coordinator of Technology Plan for Portugal. Let's hope we get some directions with respect to how the project is doing. In addition, I will try to get updated information on the OLPC project in Peru from Mr. Oscar Becerra, Chief Technology Director of the Ministry of Education.
The wiki book topic that I am developing is Planning. Much of the information there is related to the Planning for Implementing Technology course. It is my intention to modify the information in this section so that it focuses more on the technological aspect of the plan. I plan to use several text books to get further information on the matter. One of these books is: Whitehead, B., Jensen, D. & Boschee, F. (2003). Planning for Technology: A guide for school administrators, technology coordinators, and curriculum leaders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. It promises to be an interesting book.
Some of the difficulties I have had have to do with the vast amount of information for both projects. In the case of the project in Portugal, there are various sources but in many cases are not objective ideas but rather biased perceptions of the authors. It is therefore easy to find a lot of controversial information on the issue of Venezuela's agreement to purchase laptops from Portugal. On the other hand, the wiki book section of planning is very complex as it involves key points and it seems to never have an end. I guess the idea of both these projects is just to present key points and be able to integrate all the information into a credible source of reference for people interested in technology planning.
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I've run into the same problem with the one-to-one project in that there is a lot of information, but it is sometimes hard to tell what is worth using and what isn't. For example, I've found news articles talking about the project I've chosen, but I don't know if that will really help me with my research. I guess it helps to get an idea of the public's perception of the project?
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