How is this for a fun bus ride to school: a magic school bus with XO laptops! Vanderbilt University medical scientist Billy Hudson started a program called Aspirnauts for the rural kids in his hometown of Grapevine. On their hour-long bus ride to school, they get to play with XO laptops in a whole new version of "one laptop per child":
I only wish my school time bus rides were such fun. I was stuck back in the olden days when we just had books and spitballs.
Posted by Wayan Vota on June 20, 2009 in Use Cases: Community, Countries: USA
Tagged Aspirnauts, Billy Hudson, Magic Bus, One Laptop Per Child, Vanderbuilt University, XO Laptop
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no,no. reading on a moving bus is not good for child's eyes. In such situation ipod may be the only right education tool.
That's a fantastic story!