Nicholas Negroponte

Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games!

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Idit Harel Caperton, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Videogames, Globaloria, World Wide Workshop, Education Reform, Gaming, Technology, Learning, Seymour Papert, Mit, NYC Schools, Harvard Graduate School of Education, New York City, Howard Gardner, Computer Science Education, David Perkins, MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte, Fred Wilson, Education News
Idit Harel Caperton

Children learn best when they are the designers, builders, navigators, engineering and key operators of their own learning.

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Learning Environments that Crack Open Brains (and Souls)

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Technological Innovation, Education, Education Innovation, Learning, MIT Media Lab, Seymour Papert, Gloabaloria, Marvin Minsky, Nicholas Negroponte, Tod Machover, Hiroshi Ishii, Frank Moss, Pattie Maes, Creativity, Computer Programming, Social Network, Imagination, Videogame Making, World Wide Workshop, Stem, Steam, Education News
Idit Harel Caperton

Researchers at the Media Lab, are letting their brains crack open, dreaming up big ideas, combining art and science and play, producing and presenting their demos, and inventing their future.

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One Laptop Per Child A Huge Success, Founder Says

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicholas Negroponte, Xo Laptop, One Laptop Per Child, Donate to One Laptop Per Child, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Developing Countries, Impact News

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program has been a huge success, says founder and chairman Nicholas Negroponte. His most convincing argument? Truancy ...

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Nobel Peace Prize for the Internet?

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chatroulette, Al Gore, Nobel Prize, Nobel, Great Firewall, Nobel Peace Prize, Cyberbullying, Internet for Peace, Nicholas Negroponte, Censorship, Ald, Technology News
Larry Magid

The Internet is indeed a unifying force that brings people together. But if the Nobel committee ever did decide to give a prize to the Net, there probably would be a war over who would pick it up.

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Media Literacy 101: The iPad... & What the World Really Needs Now (Meaning "Today")

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, OX Laptop, Olpc, Nicholas Negroponte, Haiti Earthquake, Apple, Ipad, Toyota, Home News
Susan Moeller

Ok, hands-down, the hottest tech story of the day (month? year?) was Steve Jobs' iPad roll-out demonstration. The traffic from all those in the tech ...

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The Market for Humanitarianism

Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olpc, Nicholas Negroponte, Chuck Kane, Intel, Technology News
Michael Bendetson

Nicholas Negroponte founded OLPC, a non-profit organization, in the hope of expanding educational opportunities through the spread of personal computers to children in the world's poorest countries.

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The EG: The Most Extraordinary Gathering In Los Angeles

Michael Hawley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Menzel, Will Wright, Frank Gehry, Getty, Jeff Katzenberg, Nicholas Negroponte, Matt Groening, Quincy Jones, Ann Cooper, Faith D'aluisio, Jonathan Gold, Mark Bittman, Entertainment News
Michael Hawley

LA is without a doubt the most dynamic and surprising city in America, and EG is the conference to attend. Intimate, fun and interesting as hell.

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"One Laptop Per Child" Founder Slams Intel

Wall Street Journal | STEVE STECKLOW | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicholas Negroponte, XO, OLPC Machine, One Laptop Per Child, Advanced Micro Devices, Classmate, Business News

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of a nonprofit initiative to sell low-cost laptops to developing countries, lashed out at Intel Corp., which he accused o...

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Non-Profit Offers "Buy One, Get One Free" Program For Charity Laptops

New York Times | STEVE LOHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MIT Media Laboratory, Nicholas Negroponte, Give 1 Get 1, One Laptop Per Child, Business News

One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing world's children, has considerable momentum. Years of work by engineer...

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