Social Justice and Equity through Information

Social Justice and Equity through Information Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor Information Systems Department San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132 USA Presented to: http://slideshare.net/sverma Unless noted otherwise

Teach Computer Networks and Databases, MediaCreation, Content Management and Delivery. Free and Open Source, Creative Commons, Licensing, Collaborative Methodologies.IT Strategy, Compliance, IT Audit, Governance, Identity Management.

ResearchDiffusion and Adoption of Innovative Technologies

ServiceThe Commons Initiative at SF State http://commons.sfsu.edu

Context

The pieces must fit Lego http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623/

Rural and RemoteBhagmalpur (भागमलपुर) village, District Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Children and Learning Mira and Maya

Social Justice EquityP Supply Chain C You are here

Going Digital Books Music Movies Television …Conversation

Access to InformationProduce 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?P Supply Chain C

Can Free and Open Source Software create a feedback loop?Produce Consume

“commons”

The Commons Initiative http://commons.sfsu.edu

OLPC San FranciscoFounder and Chief Organizer

MissionOLPCs mission is to empower the worlds 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 oftool, children are engaged in their own education, and learn, share, and createtogether. 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, NigeriaSee 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 Indias pilot site.See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

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

EthiopiaSee http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/10/olpc-ethiopia-updates/

Afghanistan refugee camp, Pakistanhttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pakistan/Atlas_School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deployments worldwide 3 million + See Google MapsAlso see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Property:Number_of_manufactured_laptops

Sugar http://sugarlabs.orgCan we learn to learn?

Browse

Physics

TurtleArt

Scratchhttp://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,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 L10nhttp://translate.sugarlabs.org/ Approx. 100+ languages

http://olpcmap.net

OLPC San Francisco Afghanistan Armenia Haiti Honduras India Jamaica Madagascar Pakistan Philippines Senegalhttp://olpcsf.org South Africa Uganda Tuva San Francisco

I work directly with... Afghanistan Armenia Haiti Honduras India Jamaica Madagascar Pakistan Philippines Senegalhttp://olpcsf.org South Africa Uganda Tuva San Francisco

Bhagmalpur, India

August Town, Jamaica

Bulun Bazhy, Tuva

Challenges Cost Electricity Network Language Repair Maintenance TheftCultural Impact Curriculum … ...

Solutions?Bringing OLPC to Campus

OLPC and San Francisco State University

On Campus

Solar testing

In the classroom

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 2012Hosted by San Francisco State University http://olpcsf.org/summit

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

Education TechnologyOutreach

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

http://creativecommons.org All photos can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/ under a Creative Commons license -0- XO Bridge: Chris Willis and Mike Leehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/4925323996/

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