Bridging the Divide with Education, Technology and Outreach. Presentation at the School of Education, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

1. bridging the divide

2. Bridging the Divide with
Education, Technology, and Outreach
School of Education – University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (March 22, 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, OLPC San Francisco and OLPC Jamaica
sverma@sfsu.edu
@sameerverma #olpc
Unless noted otherwise

3. me

4. Teach
technology -> networks, databases, media
enables -> licensing and collaboration
use -> strategy, compliance, governance

5. Research
diffusion and adoption of innovative technologies
from “ooh shiny!” to solving problems

6. Service
The Commons Initiative at SF State
http://commons.sfsu.edu

7. Fun
take things apart!
...and sometimes put them back
together :-)

8. context

9. Lego

10. Bhagmalpur (भागमलपुर)
http://bhagmalpur.wordpress.com

11. Mira and Maya

12. July 2007
The geek in me is delighted!

13. OLPC San Francisco
http://olpcsf.org
de facto organizer

14. Then I run into Prof. Duggan
Executive Director, Mona School of Business

15. Next thing I know...
De facto founder of OLPC Jamaica!
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

16. A tremendous “Thank you!” to the UWI community
for making this happen.
Providence Basic School, Kingston, Jamaica
August Town Primary School, August Town, Jamaica
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

17. OLPC
http://laptop.org

18. 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.

19. Mission
http://youtu.be/c-M77C2ejTw

20. Principles
http://youtu.be/qMeX2D4AOjM

21. Worldwide
40+ countries, 30+ languages,
2.5+ million laptops, 350+ applications

22. Where no computers have gone before...

23. School Galadima, Abuja City, Nigeria
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Galadima

24. Samkha village located in the suburbs of northern Thailand
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha

25. Khairat school is India's pilot site.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

26. Mongolia.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ulaanbaatar

27. Ethiopia
See http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/10/olpc-ethiopia-updates/

28. Afghanistan refugee camp, Pakistan
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pakistan/Atlas_School

29. Colombia.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Colombia

30. Peru.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Peru

31. Rwanda.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rwanda

32. Iraq.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Iraq

33. Haiti.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Haiti

34. Solomon Islands.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Solomon_Islands

35. Nepal.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal

36. Uruguay.
See http://www.ceibal.edu.uy

37. Australia
Australia.
See http://laptop.org.au

38. West Bank, Palestine. UN Relief and Works Agency
See http://laptop.org/en/children/countries/mideast.shtml

39. OLPC & Knight Foundation project in Miami
http://blog.laptop.org/2012/01/27/olpc-and-knight-foundation-launch-digital-literacy-program-in-miami-school/

40. Antarctica!

41. Deployments worldwide
2.5 million + See Google Maps
Also see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Property:Number_of_manufactured_laptops

42. India
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_school

43. Resident artist!

44. Khairat school is India's first pilot site.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

45. Khairat school is India's pilot site.
See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

46. Jamaica
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/

48. August Town Primary School
http://olpcMAP.net?id=813006

49. Providence Basic School, Liguanea http://olpcMAP.net?id=810009

50. Little green machines everywhere!

51. 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- )

52. Sugar
http://sugarlabs.org
“A thing to think with.”
“Learning learning.”

53. Browse

54. Physics

55. TurtleArt

56. Scratch

57. Measure

58. Journal

59. Reflection

60. Sugar
Free and Open Source
http://sugarlabs.org/

61. 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,
Tutorial: Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian,
Solomon Islands Pidgin, Sotho, Spanish,
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452 Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Templates,
Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur,
Translate: Vietnamese, Walloon, Wolof, Yoruba,
pseudo L10n
http://translate.sugarlabs.org/
Approx. 100+ languages

62. OLPC vs olpc

63. http://olpcmap.net

64. Challenges
Cost
Electricity
Network
Language
Repair
Maintenance
Theft
Cultural Impact
Curriculum
…
...

65. OLPC and SF State University

66. One Laptop per Child San Francisco
Community Summit 2011
http://olpcsf.org/communitysummit2011

67. Strength in numbers – OLPC Volunteers

68. Jennifer Martino – Plasticine expert and Director, OLPC Canada

69. Nancy Hayes, Dean , College of Business welcomes everyone

71. Dr. Arlene Bailey of UWIMona talks about OLPC Jamaica pilots

72. Craig Perue representing UWI and Jamaica.

73. SF Mayor's Proclamation for OLPC

74. Strange, but entirely plausible solutions to world problems

75. OLPC on The Colbert Report!

76. So, does it work? Ask Lidia.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xby2uj_web-la-selva_tech

77. Will the entire world have access to information?
We hope so.

78. Education Technology
Outreach

79. Education Technology
Outreach

80. Education Technology
Outreach

81. Education Technology
Outreach

82. Education Technology
Outreach

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

84. 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/