The document discusses the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative which launched the XO laptop in 2006 with goals of revolutionizing education and providing opportunities for children to explore, experiment, and express themselves. It notes the XO was designed to be energy efficient, durable, and come pre-installed with educational software like Sugar. However, the document notes there is still no conclusive research demonstrating how children in developing countries are actually using the native social media tools on the XO laptop. It proposes documenting children's stories using the laptop through ethnographic studies and surveys to help determine the future of OLPC.

1. the $100 laptop & the next billion creators COM 597 Research & Methods MCDM- UW research proposal

2. in 2006 One Laptop Per Child launched the XO Laptop context

3. “ revolutionize how we educate the world's children…” context “ provide children opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.”

4. constructionism: learn by doing context

5. Public reaction? (secondary research) context

6. New gadget! context

8. Cool! Now what? problem

9. Windows vs. Sugar problem: controversies

10. mobile phone vs. laptop problem: controversies

11. commercial vs. non profit problem: controversies

12. BUT… there’s no conclusive research that demonstrates how children use the XO laptop problem

13. How are children in developing countries using native social media tools on the XO laptop ? key question

14. Documenting children’s stories using the XO laptop can determine future development for OLPC hypothesis

15. Surveys u-labs data research methods

16. Documentary = ethnographic study research methods

17. Ethnographic studies: study people in their natural environments research methods

18. children are the future? conclusion

19. Let’s see what they are really doing! conclusion