Digital Divide
- 1. The Digital Divide By: Ka Wai Cheung, Myong Joon Chang & Kevin Ma
- 2. able of Contents Issues & Background - What is digital divide? - Why is this issue a global one? - How is this issue affecting the world? - What is being done? Case Study - GuangXi Province - Why did we choose this topic? - Youtubes - OLPC - What is OLPC doing to fix the issue? - What do we like about the program? Activities Action Plan - Working with OLPC - Our organization and aim - Our message - Short-term plan & Long-term Plan - Wiki - Get involved in the issue Conclusion - Why is digital divide important? - What can we do? - The world isn’t fair
- 3. ISSUES & BACKGROUND STAGE 1 ISSUES AND BACKGROUND
- 4. What is “The Digital Divide” ? P eople with the ability to have technology benefit more than people who don’t, which creates an inequity. "It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival." -Bill Clinton (former US President)
- 5. Why did we choose this topic It is a broad topic It is a top priority in the world. It links to many other global issues It affects a lot of people, so we want to know more about it We want to understand the effects technology brings. ? ? ?
- 6. Why is this issue a global one? Digital divide is the branch of many problems. If we don’t take care of it, it is likely that these problems will have a less chance of being solved. Digital Divide International Labor Healthcare Terrorism Employment Poverty Education Economy
- 7. How is this issue affecting the world? Digital divide affects everyone by… Separating the rich and the poor Splitting the unities of countries Causing many other problems RICH POOR KNOWLE DGEABLE HEALTHY UNHEALTHY LESS KNOWLEDGABLE
- 8. What is being done? OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) -Hundred Dollars Laptop UK charity Computer Aid International -Computer Donations UNICEF -Increase communications through technology in Guangxi Province Other various fundraisers
- 9. Case Study STAGE 2 CASE STUDY
- 10. GuangXi Province Poverty Stricken Cell phones cannot be used far from cities No more than 15 schools in the GuangXi Province have access to internet .
- 11. “ In order to type a telephone, the mountain path where villagers have to walk for several hours sometimes.” -Huang Shan Closest Telephone You are here Would you walk that far? What do you think this can cause?
- 12. Youtube Videos 1. What is digital divide? Kate's Digital Divide Project http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =Fs0k2WZDLfE 2. What is being done? OLPC-Digital Divide http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =Gp9xjeon8c4 3. Digital Divide in Uganda Bridging the Digital Divide in Uganda http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =qt1rdqf6mHA
- 13. OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) $100 each unit. Provides the poor children a chance to enhance their thinking capabilities and opportunities Allows children to communicate through the Internet Sold to governments only “ This is not a laptop project, it is an education project” -Nicholas Negroponte
- 14. What is OLPC doing to combat or change digital divide? Sell the $100 laptops to schools in developing countries such as China, Nigeria, Thailand, Egypt, India, Brazil, Argentina, Uganda, and Kenya.
- 15. W hat do we like about OLPC? Laptop design -water-proof -sand-proof -dust-proof -shock-proof Cheap Fair -sold to governments only -gives everyone a chance
- 16. ACTIVITY STAGE 3 ACTIVITY
- 17. What do you think this picture is?
- 18. “ C omputers aren’t magic…Teachers are magic.” -Craig Barret What does this quote mean? Get back into your groups and discuss for 2 minutes.
- 19. Experience The Unfairness All of you should have your cell phone numbers written on the paper Now check your inboxes for our message to you!
- 20. Action Plan STAGE 4 OUR ACTION PLAN
- 21. G oals Raise awareness to the issue at school Raise at least 1000rmb and donate it to OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) to help bridge the digital divide Click here to see our donation plans
- 22. O ur Purpose Raise awareness Improve people’s life conditions through technology Give them the chances of having access to computers Bridge the gap of digital divide to equalize the world
- 23. O ur Message People are taking many things for granted: water, electricity, food, and digital technology. The digital divide is as important as the other global issues such as poverty, education, and even terrorism because it links to all of them Closing the gap of digital divide will not solve all the other global issues, but it will lessen them greatly, which helps everyone out. If more people know about this issue, people and organizations of all nations will take action to help bridge this gap and to help improve the way of life of people who aren’t as fortunate as we may be.
- 24. S hort Term Plan: Put up posters around the school to raise awareness to the issue. By doing this, we can balance the world to lessen many other existing issues such as terrorism and poverty to make the world a better place to live. Raise money: 1. Buy an Ipod touch and nano video to use for a raffle to collect money, 100 RMB for one ticket and 250 RMB for three ticket 2. Accept donations from generous people 3. Have a donation contest, awards for the people that donate the most
- 25. : L ong Term Plan Digital technology develops extremely quickly. Our long-term plan must be edited every time new. Newer technology is released. Repeat our short term plan which is to raise awareness and money from donations, and continue donating money to OLPC
- 26. O ur Wiki Our wiki contains… - G eneral information about digital divide - O rganizations that are helping to bridge the issue - A more detailed action plan - R elated Links Click here to enter our wiki site.
- 27. Want to get involved? Here is a list of organizations you can join to help bridge digital divide: Bridgethedigitaldivide.org UNICEF Digital Divide Network Digitaldivide.org Changing The Present Crossing The Digital Divide Of course you do!
- 28. Conclusion STAGE 5 OUR CONCLUSION
- 29. Why is digital divide important ? People will suffer from things they don’t deserve such as: -Diseases -Terrorist attacks Economy will collapse -countries corrupt -leads to digital divide
- 30. What can we do ? Donate old or unused computers Join organizations that are helping to bridge digital divide Donate money to us, which will be sent to OLPC Help spread awareness through posters, Internet blogs/forums, and ( ( ( TALK ) ) ) Teach people to use technology
- 31. Is this the way the world is going to be? Are people just going to see the poor suffer? Will you do something to help bridge the digital divide? The World Isn’t Fair. ?
- 32. Everything You Do Is One Brick On The Bridge
- 33. " T he number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative . It lets people be productive . It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential ." ---Steve Ballmer
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