NEW:  XO Learning Clubs

NEW: OLPC Learning Workshops

NEW: Student Learning Teams

A unique 21st century initiative by Nortel LearniT and One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) delivers the innovative child-centered, diverse environment-ready XO laptop computer technology plus engaging educational experiences to learners in developing environments. 

Learn more about how the laptop is being introduced and share your thoughts and comments with others at the OLPC - Nortel LearniT Web log.

Building a Global Learning Network: One Laptop at a Time 

Our partnership is built upon a digital library of lesson plans and multimedia tools such as:

• Nortel LearniT's 6ES lesson plans, video tutorials, and resources and best practices
• an evolving storehouse of the individual creations of learners and their teachers

• the assets of global digital libraries and information repositories

Resources for using the XO

Nortel LearniT has prepared for the web and compiled some guides for using the XO and learning about its open source environment:

• How to use the XO    
• Demo of XO Activity's
• Nortel LearniT Lesson Plans for the XO
  • All About Me
  • How Does the Weather Change
  • Who Am I?   (Who Am I in .odt format)
• Free and open source software
• Download Getting Started and XO How To in portable document format (PDF)

Nortel is a founding partner of OLPC. (learn more about this partnership).

XO displaying http://www.nortellearnit.org

Overview of the XO:

• is designed to be used outdoors in bright sunlight
• can be charged with a solar panel or a crank on a bicycle
• can even survive being dropped.  

The keyboard is small enough for child-size fingers and gives them monitors that let them look out on a larger world of learning!  

Cambodian children explore with the XO