Bridging the Digital Divide with Education, Technology, and Outreach from the OLPC project's perspective.
We look at approaches to children and learning. We also look at ways in which we bypass a lack of infrastructure, teacher rigor, and cultural barriers.
OLPC now reaches all continents, including Antarctica!
2. Bridging the Divide with
Education, Technology, and Outreach
California Association of Independent Schools – Technology Professional Day (Feb 15, 2012)
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Systems Department
College of Business, San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
Founder and Organizer, OLPC San Francisco Community
http://olpcsf.org/
sverma@sfsu.edu
@sameerverma #olpc
Unless noted otherwise
15. Mission
OLPC's mission is to empower the world's poorest children
through education
We aim to provide each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected
laptop. To this end, we have designed hardware, content and software for
collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning. With access to this type of
tool, children are engaged in their own education, and learn, share, and create
together. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter
future.
35. West Bank, Palestine. UN Relief and Works Agency
See http://laptop.org/en/children/countries/mideast.shtml
36. OLPC & Knight Foundation project in Miami
http://blog.laptop.org/2012/01/27/olpc-and-knight-foundation-launch-digital-literacy-program-in-miami-school/
48. Constructivism and Constructionism
● John Dewey (1859–1952)
● Maria Montessori (1870–1952)
● Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
● Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934)
● Jerome Bruner (1915- )
● Herbert Simon (1916–2001)
->● Seymour Papert (1928- )
49. Sugar
http://sugarlabs.org
“A thing to think with.”
“Learning learning.”
61. OLPC San Francisco
Afghanistan
Armenia
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jamaica
Madagascar
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
http://olpcsf.org South Africa
Uganda
Tuva
San Francisco
62. Challenges
Cost
Electricity
Network
Language
Repair
Maintenance
Theft
Cultural Impact
Curriculum
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83. TV Time
● OLPC Mission Part 1
● OLPC Mission Part 2
● Web - La Sierra
● Web - La Selva
● Plan Ceibal
● Ideas for Good - OLPC Australia
● OLPC Australia in Action
● OLPC San Francisco Interviews
85. http://creativecommons.org
All photos can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/
under a Creative Commons license
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XO Bridge: Chris Willis and Mike Lee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/4925323996/