- how xo are helping reduce the education gap

1. Xo 1.5 preview and Australian OLPC Deployments Aimee MareeForsstrom

2. OLPC - Australia The Mission! Mission Statement: To improve the lives of children living in rural and remote Australia by providing them with a purpose-built educational tool that is rugged, low-cost, low-power and connected - the XO laptop. Focus on communities with a Socio-Economic Index below national average of 1000

3. OLPC - AustraliaHow OLPC achieve their mission? Deployed over 2500 XO laptops to 40 remote communities Involvement of Department of Education in each State and Territory Inclusion in the Educational curriculum in each State and Territory

4. Closing the Gap Local Involvement Questions

5. OLPC - AustraliaEducation Project Involvement of local teachers and community elders Providing an online educational portal for teachers to be certified on using the Xo in classrooms Local training and skill share for each deployment

6. Closing the Gap Education Questions

7. What's an Xo? Laptop designed for children Designed for rugged environments Educational tool Low cost

8. Xo 1.5 The Software Fedora Spin – Sugar Sugar learning platform Sugar Activities Python 2.6 PyGTK GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.4.1 Xo 1.5 and beyond – GNOME 2.26.3

9. Xo 1.5 The Hardware Rubber membrane keyboard and touchpad Flash drive (1024MB NAND flash) AMD Geode LX processor (integrated graphics processor) 1.3W at 433MHz 7.5-inch dual-mode thin film transistor (TFT) display 640x480 resolution video camera Analog stereo sound chip802.11b/g compatible wireless Ethernet Marvel chipset Battery between16.5 and 22 watt-hours of operation Other power sources such as solar panels, car batteries

10. Closing the Gap Questions