Read more!"...teach 8-12 year olds the importance of conserving our aquatic resources through responsible fisheries and aquaculture. We have selected six major themes to learn and explore the world’s oceans: the richness of the oceans; creatures inhabiting the oceans; food from the oceans; people who depend on the oceans; bad and good practices and their impacts on the oceans; the importance of acting responsibly regarding the oceans.
19 January, 2011
FAO feeds young minds on responsible aquaculture
Pacific educators looking for appropriate content for OLPC Oceania XS school servers should investigate the exhaustive array of online resources collected by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for its Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger initiative. FAO, the UN agency leading international efforts to defeat hunger, has produced a rich online educational resource on all aspects fisheries and aquaculture. It includes a learning module of special relevance to our region, ‘Wonders of the Oceans’, which aims to:
10 January, 2011
Next XO 'armed' to deliver even lower power consumption benefits
Low power consumption is an essential requirement for developing countries introducing technology into education. This great interview with OLPC Chief Technology Officer Edward J. McNierney introduces the ARM version of OLPC's XO Laptop, the XO 1.75, which will make possible a sub-2 Watt device for the first time:
"OLPC created the Netbook market, now they will push the PC/Laptop industry towards ARM support for lower power consumption and lower prices through increased industry competition and optimized SoC designs. The $100 Laptop is nearer"Read more!
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