Jon Camfield

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I'll be leading the discussion at the World Bank this Thursday with a presentation by Vital Wave Consulting on their recent TCO calculations for low-cost computing models (both lab- and 1:1 computing approaches).

Come by or watch the event live online! (rsvp below).

A World Bank ICT and Education Community of Interest Discussion (EduTech), in collaboration with the World Bank e-Development Thematic Group, infoDev and the Technology Salon invite you to a seminar/live webcast:

How much does it really cost to introduce and sustain computers in schools?
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): A Study of Models of Affordable Computing for
Schools in Developing Countries

11am - 12:30pm (Washington DC time)
6 November 2008

The seminar will be streamed live and recorded for on demand viewing.

LIVE WEBCAST: https://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live

Some more information about the background of TCO calculations on the OLPC at OLPCNews.com, as well as a discussion on different models.