[net-gold] Canadian Aboriginal Children to Get One Laptop Per Child Laptops
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- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:02:06 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:29:12 -0600 (MDT)
From: George Lessard <media@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Canadian Aboriginal Children to Get One Laptop Per Child
Laptops
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Canadian Aboriginal Children to Get
One Laptop Per Child Laptops
Canadian aboriginal children to get
laptops
The Belinda Stronach Foundation is
giving up to 5,000 laptops loaded with
specialized software to children in
aboriginal communities.
Full Story:
http://links.cbc.ca/a/l.x?T=
jncickhonnllhgpnhogcjidkja&M=32
[excerpts]
The Canadian version of the laptops,
provided by Stronach's foundation
along with mining company Vale, the
Bank of Montreal and the Ontario
government, will be given to children
between the ages of six and 12.
Along with basic programs, each
computer will feature eight customized
software programs that focus on various
issues facing aboriginal youth.
One program, crafted by Ontario's
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
aims to prepare youth to deal with
issues like bullying and pressure to
use drugs or alcohol. Another program
focuses on water safety. And singer
Buffy Sainte-Marie has a program that
teaches children about aboriginal
music and how it works.
The programs are narrated and interactive,
built with the hope of advancing
children's interest in learning, the
foundation said.
The laptops also come with a virtual
library, with titles by aboriginal
authors. One hope of the program is
that it will allow aboriginal children
to maintain a connection to their
culture while gaining the same
technological prowess as children
in the rest of Canada.
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