Children’s Applications on the XO Laptop for the Developing World

I just ran into Idit Harel Capterton, founder of the WorldWideWorkshopFoundation in the iMeme hallway who was demoing the green XO laptop that I just mentioned 30 minutes ago. (picture of me holding XO laptop coming soon!).

She demoed the MamaMedia Multimedia Learning Center application running on the XO Laptop. It is an open source learning application for children that allows any child with the laptop to create cartoon animations with sound (picture of an elephant jumping off a circus platform on the XO screen coming soon), poll their friends, and find other laptop users in their village, among many other learning activities.

The World Wide Workshop Foundation is an “organization dedicated to conceptualizing and developing applications of Internet media technology to enhance learning, creativity and understanding among children and youth in developing communities around the world.” And is also working on issues like the digital divide.

I’m now listening to Vint Cerf talk about IP v6 taking over IP v4 and real time/streaming video vs. downloadable video.