When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children at first, and then when you say, 'children,' they will pretty quickly agree with you.
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It's hard to propose a $100 laptop for a world community of kids and then not say in the same breath that you're going to depend on the community to make software for it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of community involvement in creating software for educational tools.
Nicholas Negroponte highlights the crucial role of community collaboration in the development of educational technology, specifically referencing the need for collective software creation to support initiatives like the $100 laptop for children around the world. This underscores the idea that providing resources alone is insufficient without the active participation of the community, who are essential for making such technology truly effective and user-friendly.
Themes
CommunityEducationSoftwareTechnologyCollaboration
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the future of education technology, one might reference this quote to emphasize the role of community in educational initiatives.
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