The Little
Green Machine A tale of hope and change for children everywhere.
Edition 2
Dedicated to teachers and children who dare to change the world.
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nce upon a time there was a little green machine called XO. It loved to learn and wanted every child in the world to enjoy learning too. One day XO decided to go on a big mission. It decided to help all classrooms discover the joy of learning.
“I’m going to call my mission One Education,” XO announced.
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After doing some maths (XO’s favourite subject), it found there are over 500,000 primary school children who need its help.
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“I’m going to help them all” XO said. “I’m going to make sure all these children enjoy learning so when they grow up they can change the world.” And that’s just what the little green machine called XO set out to do.
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n the following years XO went to hundreds of classrooms. It made this map of all the classrooms it visited.
“I made friends with all the children in these classrooms. We had so much fun learning,� XO said.
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nspiring all these children is a very big job. Luckily XO was built with extraordinary powers.
It has a special screen that can be read in sunlight when the children are outside. XO can connect wirelessly so children can connect to each other and to the world. 5
XO has a home where it can recharge its batteries. And when it is away from home it can use the sun to keep going. XO is easy to understand and easy to fix. In fact any of XO’s friends can safely take it apart and put it back together again. Best of all XO is tough when it needs to be and always lots of fun!
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O even has a name for its brain. “I call my brain Sugar because it makes teaching and learning such sweet fun.�
Sugar has a suite of activities that allow XO to engage children in learning. Doing maths problems, completing language exercises and creating science experiments all become fun and enjoyable. 7
With Sugar, children can use XO to paint, make mini movies, create music and read outdoors. Sugar even allows XO to control robots! Sugar, like all brains, can grow, and more sweet activities can be found and downloaded for free from www.one-education.org.
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hese days, wherever XO goes, it makes friends. In fact, there are many stories in which it has changed children’s lives.
XO gives children an engaging education and teaches them how to solve problems in the world. It’s no secret that XO is the teacher’s pet. That’s because it helps children attend class more, concentrate more, and learn more. Sometimes people call XO a laptop and this makes it sad.
“I am more than just a laptop,” says XO. “I’m an education program that helps children enjoy learning.”
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XO can’t visit every classroom at once. “That would be impossible!” it says. “With time I can give anyone my extraordinary powers to make learning fun.”
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he little green machine was once heard saying that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ and that’s why XO made sure there was a role for everyone at school and at home to make learning fun.
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he little green machine can only visit classrooms where the teacher has become XO-certified.
“Fifteen hours is all it takes to become XO-certified,” it says. Teachers who learn all of XO’s powers can become XO-experts and train their friends to become XO-certified. It’s really easy!
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O can also give anyone else at school or at home special powers to make learning fun. For any adult, there’s the simple XO-basics program and for tech-savvy adults there’s the XO-technician program.
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f course the children don’t miss out. When they come to school every day, they take part in the XO-champion program. There’s also the XO-mechanic program so that children can take care of XO when it gets hurt.
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“XO-champions are my best friends and XO-mechanics are my doctors!” the little green machine exclaimed.
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he little green machine came up with a very green plan to get to every classroom that wants it’s help. It called it Seed & Grow For disadvantaged schools, XO will find donors to help. This might take a little time but XO will get there in the end!
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The Seed & Grow Plan How to make a One Education classroom for only $400 per XO.
Become XO-certified to qualify for seeds
Receive seeds of XOs, spare parts, power racks and support
Grow the seeds by empowering others to take ownership of the program
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Seed & Grow * Together XO finds donors to help disadvantaged schools Seed & Grow. Eligible schools receive a $300 discount per XO for the first two classrooms. Additional XOs are discounted by $100 each.
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t’s time for the adventure to begin at your school. Start today by registering online at www.one-education.org
If you’d like to talk about it further and ask some questions, please phone 1800 OLPCAU.
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o reach every child, the little green machine will need lots of help.
XO is looking for donors to help disadvantaged schools Seed & Grow. Donors can help a disadvantaged classroom of 25 children for only $7,500 ($300 per child). Start today by selecting a classroom at www.one-education.org 19
Stories
from far far away
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O would like to introduce you to some friends who have made One Education their mission.
Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a note from Richard Barrie, Principal of Doomadgee State School in Queensland and XO-ambassador.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We now have a little green machine for every student from Prep to Year 7. This is the first computer a great majority of our students have ever had access to. The One Laptop Per Child program has allowed our children to overcome the tyranny of distance and remoteness. The students, through their access and creative use of the laptops, are becoming producers rather than passive consumers. The activities that incorporate use of the devices are highly engaging for students.â&#x20AC;?
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note from Sandy See, the Transition/Kindergarten Teacher at Robinson River School in the Northern Territory.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The advent of these robust little green machines was greeted with much excitement. A prouder group of children could not be imagined. Heads were high, smiles broad and grips on the XOs were tight in case they disappeared and the whole experience was but a figment of their imagination. Just seeing these first reactions was priceless. The greatest benefit so far is in the Write activity. This enables them to easily write their own sentences and stories and illustrate using the Paint feature. This has increased their desire to write and read their own work.â&#x20AC;? 22
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note from Yvonne Patterson, the Year 5/6 teacher at Manunda Terrace Primary School in the Northern Territory.
“The XOs have opened up a whole new world of technology for students. They demonstrate improved learning outcomes and student engagement. In fact, the attendant rate has lifted to 93%. I overheard one student say, “This is the best thing that has ever happened to me.” Another student wrote prior to leaving primary school that she wished she could keep her laptop. Students are able to access the technology at their own level of ability without feeling incompetent because everybody is using the same tool, albeit for different activities.”
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The End This is not the end, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the beginning. Become part of One Education so that more kids can live happily ever after.
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