Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

Category: Education

  • TMBG – They Might Be Geniuses

    As a parent of a 3 year old I am in constant need of having a wide array of exciting media experiences on hand to entertain him. The trick is to find things that will captivate him, be educational, can hold up over time, and perhaps most important, not drive…

  • One Laptop Per Child Update

    In an earlier post I wrote about the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and their Give One Get One donation program. Simply support the cause by purchasing a laptop for a needy child in a developing country, and get an XO laptop for yourself. Apparently they have had tremendous response,…

  • One Laptop Per Child

    I’m sure many of you know of this visionary project from the OLPC Foundation to distribute laptops to less fortunate children across the world. Their goal is to… Empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-aged child. OLPC was founded by Nicholas…