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Social Justice and Equity through Information
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.Professor
Information Systems DepartmentSan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA 94132 USA
Presented to:
Unless noted otherwise
http://slideshare.net/sverma
me
Teach
Computer Networks and Databases, Media Creation, Content Management and Delivery.
Free and Open Source, Creative Commons, Licensing, Collaborative Methodologies.
IT Strategy, Compliance, IT Audit, Governance, Identity Management.
Research
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovative Technologies
Context
The pieces must fitLego
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623/
Rural and Remote Bhagmalpur (भागमलपुर) village, District Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Children and LearningMira and Maya
Social JusticeEquity
Supply ChainP C
You are here
Going Digital
BooksMusicMovies
Television…
Conversation
Access to Information
Produce Consume
Can the consumer also become the producer?
Approximately thirty percent of the world is on the Internet
Can Free and Open Source Software ease the flow of information?
Supply ChainP C
Produce Consume
Can Free and Open Source Software create a feedback loop?
“commons”
OLPC San Francisco
Founder and Chief Organizer
OLPC
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.
Worldwide
40+ countries, 30+ languages, 3 million laptops, 350+ applications
Where no computers have gone before...
School Galadima, Abuja City, Nigeria See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Galadima
Samkha village located in the suburbs of northern ThailandSee http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha
Khairat school is India's pilot site.See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India
Ethiopia
See http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/10/olpc-ethiopia-updates/
Afghanistan refugee camp, Pakistan http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pakistan/Atlas_School
Solomon Islands.See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Solomon_Islands
West Bank, Palestine. UN Relief and Works Agency See http://laptop.org/en/children/countries/mideast.shtml
3 million + See Google Maps
Deployments worldwide
Also see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Property:Number_of_manufactured_laptops
Browse
Physics
TurtleArt
Scratch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandgal/5827855198/
Measure
Languages
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Aymara, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Basque, Bengali, Bengali (India), Bislama, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, English (South African), English (US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, French (Canada), Friulian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kreyol, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Marovo, Mongolian, Nauruan, Nepali, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Papiamento, Papua New Guinea Pidgin (Tok Pisin), Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Solomon Islands Pidgin, Sotho, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Templates, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Vietnamese, Walloon, Wolof, Yoruba, pseudo L10n
Approx. 100+ languages
Tutorial:http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452
Translate:http://translate.sugarlabs.org/
OLPC San Francisco
AfghanistanArmeniaHaitiHondurasIndiaJamaicaMadagascarPakistanPhilippinesSenegalSouth Africa UgandaTuva
San Francisco
http://olpcsf.org
I work directly with...
AfghanistanArmeniaHaitiHondurasIndiaJamaicaMadagascarPakistanPhilippinesSenegalSouth Africa UgandaTuva
San Francisco
http://olpcsf.org
Bhagmalpur, India
August Town,Jamaica
Bulun Bazhy, Tuva
ChallengesCost
ElectricityNetwork
LanguageRepair
MaintenanceTheft
Cultural ImpactCurriculum
…...
Solutions?
Bringing OLPC to Campus
Solar testing
SFSU Lending Library
● Library Research Commons has 10 XO laptops● Loan to students, staff and faculty● You get:
– XO Laptop– Charger– Instructions
● Take one to class● Take one home● Join the community! ● http://olpcsf.org
One Laptop per Child San Francisco Community Summit 2012
Hosted by San Francisco State University
http://olpcsf.org/summit
Will the entire world have access to information?
We hope so.
Education Technology
Outreach
Education Technology
Outreach
Education Technology
Outreach
Education Technology
Outreach
Education Technology
Outreach
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
All photos can be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/
under a Creative Commons license
XO Bridge: Chris Willis and Mike Lee http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/4925323996/
http://creativecommons.org
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