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OLPC comes to North Carolina! Knight Foundation sponsors XOs for 3,200...
The Knight Foundation yesterday announced it would join community leaders from Charlotte, North Carolina in contributing to Project L.I.F.T., a 5-year $55M+ project to improve education in West...
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OLPC Heads to Charlotte, North Carolina
Thanks to Knight Foundation, OLPC will be providing laptops and training to over 2,500 teachers and students in Charlotte’s Project L.I.F.T. Zone. Initial Teacher Training: August 14 and 15, 2012 On...
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Spotlight on Druid Hills Academy
By: Emily Swartz, Druid Hills facilitator Druid Hills Academy is a Pre-K through 8th grade school in the Project L.I.F.T. Zone of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina. This year, all first...
View ArticleOLPC looking for Linux/ UNIX admins
OLPC is looking for Linux/ UNIX admins to work on a multi-year edu project in Charlotte, NC. E-mail CV to david@laptop.org
View ArticleWhat’s All This Talk About “Reach Extension?”
Public Impact is a national education policy and management-consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They have been working with Project L.I.F.T. in Charlotte, North Carolina where OLPC...
View ArticleNorth Carolina teachers and students will now have access to Common Core...
Charlotte, North Carolina teachers and students will now have access to Common Core aligned lesson plans that emphasize the use of The Sugar Learning Platform. In early 2013, over 2,500 teachers and...
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Using digital tools, literacy to reshape – Charlotte
Inside a bright sunlit classroom, students hunch over their laptops. They’re laughing and smiling as they create an interactive story with images, sounds and text. One girl happily helps a friend take...
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One Laptop per Child Launch Event at Druid Hills Academy
Your presence is requested… One Laptop per Child Launch Event at Druid Hills Academy On February 26, more than 2,000 laptops will be distributed to students in the Project L.I.F.T. zone through the...
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Computers going to low-income campuses – Project LIFT
Published Monday, February 25, 2013 3:18 pm by Herbert L. White – The Charlotte Post More than 2,000 elementary school students in the Project LIFT zone will take delivery of notebook computers on Feb....
View ArticleOLPC Trains Local Librarians in Charlotte’s Project L.I.F.T. Zone
Monique F. Pollock, OLPC Facilitator at Ashley Park K-8 On May 29, 2013 several Charlotte Mecklenburg librarians received a first hand experience with the XO laptop. Due to an emerging partnership with...
View ArticleRobotics Camp 2013 – Short Film
Rebecca Thompson (facilitator at Bruns Academy) did a phenomenal job articulating the message Knight, L.I.F.T. and OLPC are working to spread in Charlotte and throughout the country. projectlift.org...
View ArticleThe OLPC project is alive and well in The Queen City.
Making Digital Literacy a Reality for Everyone Queens’ Knight School of Communication takes another step toward making Charlotte a model city for digital literacy WHO: The James L. Knight School of...
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