The document discusses issues related to the One Laptop Per Child initiative including patent infringement lawsuits, concerns from countries about how the internet could affect local cultures and the need for censorship, and competition from Intel. It also mentions criticisms from Microsoft that the program does not do enough, concerns from countries about a lack of local content and sustainability costs, and that teachers want more human supervision. The document contains multiple quotes and passages attributed to Denise Caron discussing topics like education, technology, knowledge distribution, creativity, curiosity, experimentation, and innovation.

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5. “He who innovates will have for
his enemies all those who are well
off under the existing order of
things, and only lukewarm
supporters in those who might be
better off under the new”
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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6. One Laptop Per Child Sued for Patent Infringement
Countries concerned over internet affecting local cultures
Countries want to sensor internet access to protect children
Intel is competing with One Laptop Per Child
Microsoft criticize the program as not doing enough
Counties concerned that there is not enough local content
Countries concerned over sustainability cost
Teachers want to establish strong human supervision
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7. We're losing the respect that's due to
professionals who are trained to provide us
with accurate information in its proper
context, and celebrating work produced by
untrained, often anonymous riff-raff.
- Andrew Keen on Web 2.0, The Cult of the Amateur
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10. Education was socially constructed & contextually
reinvented instead of being dictated
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11. Technology was everywhere (digital universe) instead of
being confiscated at the classroom door (digital refugees)
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12. Knowledge was freely and pervasively distributed
instead of being limited and costly
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13. If you want to influence people's behaviour,
give them something to copy
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15. quot;Creativity
involves breaking
out of
established
patterns in order
to look at things
in a different
way.quot;
—Edward de Bono
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16. “Curiosity is any
natural inquisitive
behavior that
engenders exploration,
investigation and
learning.“
— Wikipedia
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17. Great ideas, it is said, come into the
world as gently as doves.
Perhaps, then, if we
listen attentively, we shall
hear… a faint flutter of
wings; the gentle
stirring of life —Albert Camus
and hope.
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18. “Without experimentation,
we might all still be living in
caves and using rocks
as tools.quot;
—Stefan Thomke
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19. “Access to information and
freedom of access to it may
seem like a fundamental right
—Alberto Gonzales
but there are many
people who think,
rightly or wrongly, it is
for your own good
that it is hidden.quot;
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20. If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
Bernard Baruch
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21. “ The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot
read & write, but
those who cannot
learn, unlearn,
and relearn”
— Alvin Toffler
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22. — e van Sycamnias
A structure enabling flexibility and
responsiveness in dealing with all
sorts of situations quickly and
efficiently, particularly in dynamic
environments such as computer developments.
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23. T he willingness to exert high levels of effort to
reach organizational goals, conditioned by the
effort’s ability to satisfy some individual need.
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quot; nly he who can see
the invisible can do the
impossible.“
--
f rank L. Gaines
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25. A
quot; good innovation
leader creates an
environment where…
sacred traditions can be
challenged and
addressed.“
-E laine Dundon
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26. quot;I start where the last man left off.“
-- t homas edison
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27. the subconscious needs time
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28. P eople are replacing their
trust in traditional authorities
with trust in each other
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30. If I had asked the public
what they wanted, they
would have said a
faster horse.
--Henry Ford
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31. quot; G reat minds always stay nimble because they've
learned how to move on. Einstein worked on big
problems until he died. The artists we most admire
transform themselves and their work from time to time.“
-- M arco Marsan, from 'Think Naked'
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“ here are only two ways
to live your life. One is as
though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though
everything is a miracle.
- A lbert Einstein
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33. The greatest danger for most of us is not
that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that it is too low and we reach it.
--Michelangelo
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34. --Picasso
Every act of creation is first of
all an act of destruction.
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35. We always overestimate what will change the next 2 years,
and underestimate what will change the next 10
Bill Gates
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37. It’s not
this scary
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38. We don’t know what the future will
hold but it will be
beautiful
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ake a left on
street
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40. Thanks to the People of the Information Highway
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