One Laptop Per Child
Today One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the non-profit organization started by MIT's Nicholas Negroponte which is devoted to creating and providing laptop computers for children in developing countries, opened up its "Give one, get one" program.
For $425 (with shipping) you can give an XO laptop to a child in a developing country and get another one for yourself or to give to a child in your life. You also get a free year T-Mobile HotSpot access!
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on November 12, 2007 05:53 PM
Student Scholarships for GDC 2008
The IGDA has just launched the Student
Scholarship Program for GDC08. Twenty-five
college students will be awarded complimentary
"Main Conference" passes to the 2008 Game
Developers Conference. The deadline to enter is
Friday, December 7th, 2007. Recipients will be announced mid January.
Applicants are required to be full-time college
students (or equivalent) and IGDA student members
for consideration. Scholarship applications will
be judged by a panel of professional game developers.
The Pittsburgh IGDA chapter has had several scholarship winners in the past so if you are a local student, we really encourage you to enter.
Students can now apply online:
http://www.igda.org/scholarships/
And don't forget, even you aren't a student or you don't win a scholarship, you can still get $50 off your GDC pass if you are an official IGDA member- just another perk of being part of the IGDA!
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on October 29, 2007 11:59 AM