Buchele, Suzanne Fox2017-09-072017-09-072009-04Buchele, S. F. 2009. Using OLPC laptop technology as a computer science case study teaching tool. J. Comput. Sci. Coll. 24, 4 (April 2009), 130-1361937-4771http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/268Suzanne Fox Buchele is the Provost of Ashesi University CollegeThe One Laptop Per Child project has succeeded in developing a novel computer that is tailored to the particular needs of the developing world. The use of this example of a modern computer systems design challenge can be a valuable case study as a teaching tool in computer science. The OLPC laptop is a multiple-purpose computer that is rugged, low-cost, low-power, mesh- networked, and inexpensive. An overview of the technology in the laptops is given, as well as curricula suggestions for using the laptops in an undergraduate computer science curriculum.en-USCopyright © 2009 by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the CCSC copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission.One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)Ghanacomputer science educationArticle