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Environmental Psychology
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Cookie Monsters published in CYE

By gtdonovan | Published: 05.09.2009
Cindi Katz and I just published an article in a special issue of Children, Youth and Environments that focuses on Children and Technological Environments. CYE is an open access journal so you can read our article for free through their website (FYI – they ask you to create an account before providing access to [...]
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goodbye learning, hello workforce training

By gtdonovan | Published: 05.18.2008
Some sad news regarding the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project: Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the “$100 laptop” to make Windows available on the machines. According to Wired, Microsoft has had their sights on emerging markets in developing countries for a while now and have viewed low-cost children’s laptops as ideal vehicles for [...]
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mesh-networking

By gtdonovan | Published: 10.04.2007
After reading David Pogue’s review of the XO – a $200 laptop created by One Laptop Per Child (O.L.P.C.) – and spending time on O.L.P.C.’s website, I’m absolutely fixated on the mesh-networking feature of this computer (check out the “mesh demo” here). While the XO is light, durable and energy efficient – all features that [...]
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