We are just now getting back into all of our regular classes, but part of the beauty of One Laptop Per Child is that it doesn’t follow a normal semester schedule. This past summer, I had the amazing experience of traveling to Axim and Cape Coast, Ghana with my dad to bring and teach technology to high school and elementary school students. With the help of Mrs. Murakami and several other contacts, I spent the months leading up to my trip designing my curriculum and the technology that I would be installing at the schools in Ghana. I used an online crowdfunding site to raise nearly $10,000 to purchase this technology, including nine XO-4 laptops and three Internet-in-a-Box systems, which are essentially digital libraries that grant access to sites such as Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, Project Gutenberg, Khan Academy videos, and more in locations that do not have access to the regular Internet. To hear more about my travels and adventures, you can read my blog at http://technologyforghana.weebly.com/. I do not know what this year of OLPC will hold for me, but I am excited to continue my work in any way that I can!
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