Uzodinma Iweala – Stop Trying To ‘Save’ Africa – washingtonpost.com Nothing new, really, in this op-ed, but a good reminder. Well, one new thing – I had no idea Dikembe Mutumbo did work in Africa.

OLPC Bestows Porn onto Guileless Third World Masses – MarketingVOX I always wondered how they were going to handle kids and web access, The One Laptop Per Child Organization gets mixed reviews. Some people think that computers like this will be essential to ending the digital divide. Others think that schools need high-quality teaching and decent plumbing before you get to a point that computers matter.

I myself think that there is not a lot of solid evidence showing that computers improve the quality of education in schools, especially at the primary level. I also think, that like all equipment, handing it out is useless if you don’t do the training to go with it.

Finally, looking deeper at their website, I think that the OLPC model of only distributing through Ministries of Education is going to be extremely inefficient.

OLPC Bestows Porn onto Guileless Third World Masses – MarketingVOX I always wondered how they were going to handle kids and web access, The One Laptop Per Child Organization gets mixed reviews. Some people think that computers like this will be essential to ending the digital divide. Others think that schools need high-quality teaching and decent plumbing before you get to a point that computers matter.

I myself think that there is not a lot of solid evidence showing that computers improve the quality of education in schools, especially at the primary level. I also think, that like all equipment, handing it out is useless if you don’t do the training to go with it.

Finally, looking deeper at their website, I think that the OLPC model of only distributing through Ministries of Education is going to be extremely inefficient.

OLPC Bestows Porn onto Guileless Third World Masses – MarketingVOX I always wondered how they were going to handle kids and web access, The One Laptop Per Child Organization gets mixed reviews. Some people think that computers like this will be essential to ending the digital divide. Others think that schools need high-quality teaching and decent plumbing before you get to a point that computers matter.

I myself think that there is not a lot of solid evidence showing that computers improve the quality of education in schools, especially at the primary level. I also think, that like all equipment, handing it out is useless if you don’t do the training to go with it.

Finally, looking deeper at their website, I think that the OLPC model of only distributing through Ministries of Education is going to be extremely inefficient.

AfriGadget A very interesting blog on African innovation. Another form of positive deviance, when you think about it. I am starting to think that the answer to almost everything is positive deviance/CQI.

The knowledge on how to improve the system is already in the system.

Breast-feeding: A Philippine battleground – International Herald Tribune

Believe me, freedom does exist in Turkmenistan! A blog post by a bitter Turkmen citizen.