One Laptop per Child: Deployments, Policy Responses, and Impact (2005–2014)

1. OLPC announced at World Economic Forum

   Jan 28, 2005Labels: Nicholas Negroponte, World Economic

   • WEF background
   • OLPC overview

2. Prototype batch produced for field testing

   Nov 21, 2006Labels: XO prototype, Field testing

   • TechCrunch

3. Uruguay begins Plan Ceibal rollout

   Nov 1, 2007Labels: Plan Ceibal, Uruguay

   • OLPC Ceibal
   • OAS CITEL

4. XO enters mass production in China

   Nov 12, 2007Labels: XO mass, China

   • THE Journal
   • Wired

5. First Give 1 Get 1 campaign launches

   Nov 12, 2007Labels: Give 1, OLPC campaign

   • Ars Technica
   • OLPC overview

6. Intel exits OLPC board amid competition

   Mar 26, 2008Labels: Intel, Classmate PC

   • Tech Monitor

7. Peru starts early-stage school distributions

   May 1, 2008Labels: Peru distribution, Peruvian government

   • OLPC Peru

8. Second Give 1, Get 1 campaign begins

   Nov 17, 2008Labels: Give 1, Amazon fulfillment

   • OLPC Wiki
   • OLPC overview

9. OLPC downsizes staff during funding strain

   Jan 1, 2009Labels: OLPC staff, Organizational downsizing

   • CRN

10. Uruguay completes universal primary coverage milestone

    Oct 13, 2009Labels: Plan Ceibal, Universal coverage

    • OLPC overview
    • OLPC Ceibal

11. Peru impact results emphasize access over test gains

    Feb 12, 2013Labels: Peru impact, Randomized evaluation

    • IDB blog

12. OLPC closes hardware design operations (end state)

    Jan 1, 2014Labels: OLPC closure, Hardware operations

    • OLPC overview
    • EdSurge