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| formation = {{Start date and age|1991|09}} |
| formation = {{Start date and age|1991|09}} |
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| type = For-profit |
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| headquarters = [[Cyprus, Nicosia]] |
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| leader_name = [[Yiannis Laouris]] |
| leader_name = [[Yiannis Laouris]] |
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| key_people = [[George Vakanas]], [[Maria Symeonides]], [[Constantinos Georgiades]], [[Harry Anastasiou]] |
| key_people = [[George Vakanas]], [[Maria Symeonides]], [[Constantinos Georgiades]], [[Harry Anastasiou]] |
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| website = {{URL|cyber-kids.net}} |
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'''CYBER KIDS''' was a revolutionary experiment conducted between 1991 and 2000 with the vision of transforming IT education for children around the world |
'''CYBER KIDS''' was a revolutionary experiment conducted in Cyprus and seven other countries between 1991 and 2000 with the vision of transforming IT education for children around the world. |
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Its primary goal continues to be to transform education, by enabling children in low-income countries to have access to content, media and computer-programming environments. At the time that the program launched, the typical retail price for a laptop was considerably in excess of $1,000 (US), so it was infeasible to achieve this objective without also bringing a low-cost machine to production. This became the [[OLPC XO|OLPC XO Laptop]], a low-cost and low-power [[laptop computer]]. The project was originally funded by member organizations such as [[AMD]], [[eBay]], [[Google]], [[Marvell Technology Group]], [[News Corporation]], [[Nortel Networks|Nortel]]. [[Chi Mei Corporation]], [[Red Hat]], and [[Quanta Computer|Quanta]] provided in-kind support. |
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The OLPC project has been the subject of extensive praise and criticism. It was praised for pioneering low-cost, low-power laptops and inspiring later variants such as [[Eee PC]]s and [[Chromebook]]s; for assuring consensus at ministerial level in many countries that [[digital literacy|computer literacy]] is a mainstream part of education; for creating interfaces that worked without literacy in any language, and particularly without literacy in English. It has been criticized from many sides regarding its US-centric focus that ignores bigger problems, high total costs that may actually even be quite cost-ineffective, low focus on maintainability and training and its limited success so far. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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CYBER KIDS was an internationally registered trademark of MISnTED: Management Information Systems & Technology Development, a company registered in Cyprus. The three founding members, [[Yiannis Laouris]], George Vakanas and Maria Symeonides donated 30% of their shares to the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]], which was in charge of developing the curriculum and overseeing the experiment. In addition, MISnTED funded the Institute's research. The project was originally funded by the partners' and by a CY£44,000 government loan. In line with the ''profitable dream'' philosophy, all key people were invited to join as partners and all other employees were given bonus shares totalling to a CY£250,000 value. In 1996, the [[Cyprus Development Bank]] became partner with 10% in the Cyprus (mother) company and 30% in the Greek subsidiary, investing CY£100,000 and CY£300,000 respectively. It was under the leadership of the Bank, that in 2000 CYBER KIDS merged with 11 other companies to form a public, high-tech company known as CYBER GROUP. <ref>http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS#Company_evolution_and_death CYBER_KIDS Evolution</ref>. In 2003, the curriculum was given to the public domain. |
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| Formation | September 1991 |
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| Type | For-profit |
| Headquarters | Cyprus, Nicosia |
Official language | Multilingual |
Founder | Yiannis Laouris |
Key people | George Vakanas, Maria Symeonides, Constantinos Georgiades, Harry Anastasiou |
Budget | ca. 2 million |
Staff | ca. 200 |
| Website | cyber-kids |
CYBER KIDS was a revolutionary experiment conducted in Cyprus and seven other countries between 1991 and 2000 with the vision of transforming IT education for children around the world.
History
CYBER KIDS was an internationally registered trademark of MISnTED: Management Information Systems & Technology Development, a company registered in Cyprus. The three founding members, Yiannis Laouris, George Vakanas and Maria Symeonides donated 30% of their shares to the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, which was in charge of developing the curriculum and overseeing the experiment. In addition, MISnTED funded the Institute's research. The project was originally funded by the partners' and by a CY£44,000 government loan. In line with the profitable dream philosophy, all key people were invited to join as partners and all other employees were given bonus shares totalling to a CY£250,000 value. In 1996, the Cyprus Development Bank became partner with 10% in the Cyprus (mother) company and 30% in the Greek subsidiary, investing CY£100,000 and CY£300,000 respectively. It was under the leadership of the Bank, that in 2000 CYBER KIDS merged with 11 other companies to form a public, high-tech company known as CYBER GROUP. [1]. In 2003, the curriculum was given to the public domain.
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- ^ http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS#Company_evolution_and_death CYBER_KIDS Evolution