{"id":1294,"date":"2009-02-26T06:17:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T02:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/02\/26\/one-laptop-per-child-africa-internship-in-education-and-development\/"},"modified":"2009-02-26T06:17:23","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T02:17:23","slug":"one-laptop-per-child-africa-internship-in-education-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/02\/26\/one-laptop-per-child-africa-internship-in-education-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"One Laptop per Child – Africa Internship in Education and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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> Please forward to students who might be interested…
>
=
\n> *One Laptop per Child =96 Africa Internship Program*
>
> St=
\nudents have played a pivotal role in every revolution, except
\n> learning.
> That will change in 2009. Through One Laptop per Ch=
\nild, student
> teams from
> around the world will each deploy 10=
\n0 XO-laptops throughout Africa
> this
> summer. If you
\n are an undergraduate or graduate student with an
> interest in
&g=
\nt; education, technology or capacity building, our internship will
> p=
\nrovide you
> with unprecedented hands-on experience.
><\/p>\n

> Student Teams will:
> =95 travel to one of the 53 African countr=
\nies of their choosing for
> *9-10
> weeks*
> =95 participa=
\nte in a *10-day orientation in Kigali, Rwanda* at OLPC=92s
> office<\/p>\n

> =95 receive a *$10,000 (USD) team stipend*
> =95 deploy *100 XO =
\nlaptops*, including hardware and support
> =95 collaborate with other =
\nteams as part of a life-long global network
> empowering a generation<\/p>\n

> =95 send 1 representative to *MIT\/OLPC=92s all-expense paid summit* fr=
\nom
> Oct
> 10th-12th 2009
>
> About OLPCorps Africa> Our interns will be active members of our innovative 1 to 1 laptop-<\/p>\n

> learning
> project and hold key roles as leaders
\n in our grassroots movement.
> OLPC
> summer internships, which=
\n are full-time commitments, begin June 8.
> Teams
> will work cl=
\nosely with the One Laptop per Child team to design and
> implement<\/p>\n

> XO deployments, join a uniquely African OLPC network, and lead a
&g=
\nt; growing
> social movement.
>
> How to apply:
> Fo=
\nr more information on OLPCorps Africa and specific application
> requi=
\nrements, please visit our website:<\/p>\n

> http:\/\/www.laptop.org\/en\/participate\/get-involved\/O=
\nLPCorps.shtml.
> Proposals
> must be received by March 27th.=
\n<\/p>\n

>
> Note: Latin America internships are available in Peru & Ur=
\nuguay.
> Please
> contact nia@laptop.org
>
> Contact olpcorps@laptop.org with any quest=
\nions or concerns.<\/p>\n

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\n459ffd6927690e6c1@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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