Key-players, Gurus, Experts

The Education Ministry of South Korea is leading into using digital textbooks in their education. They plan to start in the elementary level in the year 2008, and move on forward. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Textbook

Professor Nicholas Negroponte was the person to first propose the idea of the $100 laptop for students in 2002. He leads a group of designers and engineers in The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association. He is the co-founder of the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6908946.stm

 Walter Bender is the head of software development, and Chris Blizzard is the chief software engineer at One Laptop per Child (OLPC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6189222.stm

Lifelong Kindergarden is a group located in the MIT Media Lab. They extend in the kindergarden style of learning. Their goal is to engage students in designing, creating, and inventing things. http://llk.media.mit.edu/mission.php