A Presentation of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative

1. Saving the World
One laptop at a time...

2. The need

3. The need
The national average for public education is
$7,500 a year, per student.

4. The need
The national average for public education is
$7,500 a year, per student.

5. The need
The national average for public education is
$7,500 a year, per student.
The national average in the poorest countries
is under $20 a year, per student.

6. The Need
The U.S. spends 28% of the global education
budget on 4% of the world’s children.
Sub-Saharan Africa spends 2.4% of the global
education budget on 15% of the world’s
children.
Low GDP = Low % spent on education

7. The Need

8. The Need
One in three children, worldwide, does not
complete the fifth grade. Many receive no
education at all.

9. The Need
One in three children, worldwide, does not
complete the fifth grade. Many receive no
education at all.
Research shows that more of the same
(more teachers, schools, books, etc.) is
laudable, but insufficient.

10. The Need
Do not give them more books, more
schools, more of the same...
Give them the world
Give them the internet

12. Learn learning

13. Learn learning
Think about thinking

14. Goals

15. Goals
OLPC - One Laptop Per Child

16. Goals
OLPC - One Laptop Per Child
Expose them to a world of ideas and allow
them to be more contributing members to
the global society

17. Goals
OLPC - One Laptop Per Child
Expose them to a world of ideas and allow
them to be more contributing members to
the global society
Implications for religion, the environment,
trade, equality, and human rights.

18. What can we do...
Become
the
Fundraiser

19. If you sell it, they will learn
Group work
Hardware package
Software package
Networking package
OLPC package
Speaker and media

20. Cost vs. Benefit
Five dollars per student Play with and learn cutting
edge technology
A little hard work
Educate thousands of
children
Save the world