The document discusses efforts to address the digital divide and illiteracy in developing countries like Ghana through programs that provide laptops to children. It details statistics on the digital divide in Africa and introduces the One Laptop Per Child initiative that aims to empower students with low-cost laptops. The document outlines a plan by the Division Coalition to raise funds to purchase laptops and provide them to schools in Ghana to help children access information and pursue better educational and career opportunities.

1. Max, Eric, Charlie

2. The Problem Digital Divide - The separation of those who have access to sophisticated information technology and those who don’t Children all over the world confined to home country without access to world’s knowledge They may never have a chance to benefit our world

3. The Problem Illiteracy rates rising drastically Economy of countries with high illiteracy rates declining due to lack of jobs Global economy falls as a result

5. Digital Divide Statistics Less than 3 out of every 100 Africans use the Internet 8 times as many Internet users in the US than on the entire African continent. 30 countries with an Internet penetration of less than 1%.

6. Fixing The Problems One Laptop Per Child: non-profit organization dedicated to providing free laptops to students in need Children are empowered to solve own problems

7. An Introduction to OLPC: Video

8. The 200-dollar laptop

9. XO Review: Video

10. Our Organization The Division Coalition Make a difference in Ghana Education one of the most valuable resources

11. Our Purpose + Aim Empowerment > Charity Give a man a fish, feed him for a day Teach a man to fish, feed him for life

12. Our Project: Ghana OLPC recently sent 10,000 laptops to Ghana Our goal is to reinforce that number The Republic of Ghana has 12,630 primary schools, 5,450 junior secondary schools, 503 senior secondary schools

13. Goal Children can be properly educated Futures possibly outside of their native countries Become members of the world's online community.

14. Action Plan Plan currently in motion Established connections with SAS Puxi No changes to our plan so far.

15. Short-Term Plan Raise (at least) 1200 RMB Purchase (at least) one XO laptop Provide to child in Ghana

16. Long-Term Plan: Continue raising money and sending laptops to the people who need them

17. Other organizations that can help: One Laptop per Child (OLPC) INTEL – Classmate PC AMD – 50x15

18. Interactive Activity: Three Groups Two groups get a laptop One group with dictionary 3 minutes to give definition and usage of word No talking outside of groups

19. Word 1 Valetudinarian

20. Word 2 Escutcheon

21. Word 3 Mellifluous

22. Word 4 Lapidicolous

23. Word 5 Gendarme

24. Discussion Group 1: Did you feel satisfied about having the answers so quickly? Group 2: Why was it that you never got the answers? Group 3: Was it frustrating to have all the answers but always be after Group 1? Group 2, look on the side of your laptop at the wireless switch.

25. Moral Education much easier with access to information technology XO’s will not work without interconnectivity

26. Conclusion Technology leads to futures of many possibilities Children in developing countries educations can equal those in first-world countries It is up to us

27. Sources http://50x15.amd.com/en-us/default.aspx?si=1 http://50x15.amd.com/en-us/about.aspx http:// www.amd.com /us-en/ http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_laptop_per_child http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide http:// laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml http:// en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmate_PC http:// www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/newsroom/stats /

28. Sources, Cont. Pictures: Slide 4: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/b/bd/20080910182710!Global_Digital_Divide1.png Slide 6: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/olpc.gif Slide 8: http://www.imagecows.com/uploads/_128b-olpc_xo_laptop.jpg Slide 12: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/450px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png Slide 17: www.amd.com