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- 2. • 8 Children Die in Africa
- 3. • 3000 Children Die of Hunger in India • 19,000 Children Die, World-Wide from preventable causes
- 4. • Countless children in America find little relevance in classrooms
- 8. • Compassion as a motivation for learning
- 11. • iuedmoodle.educ.indiana.edu/pbl • servicelearning.org/
- 12. • Technology Refurbishing - Tech Reconnect - Columbus
- 14. • Connecting Classroom Resources to Real Needs
- 15. • Collecting Solutions World-Wide
- 16. Contests Nokia Ideas https://ideasproject.com/ Graphic Design http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://www.designcrowd.com/ Funding KickStarter http://www.kickstarter.com/ Mobile App Design http://www.appswell.com/
- 17. • Connect with people currently serving
- 20. In Kenya, HIV prevalence is high. Without change, 1/3 of all children will be orphaned. • 1.3 million people live with HIV • 1,000,000 children lose their parents to AIDS • 150,000 children are infected with AIDS • 80% receive no treatment • 1/2 the population lack clean water and sanitation • 1 in 4 people live on less than $1/day • Life Expectancy: less than 60 years
- 23. Indigenous Peoples Technology Education Center
- 33. pioneerbible.org
- 34. paratext.org
- 37. “He will allow you to suffer to be in fellowship with the broken.” “God sent me 7000 miles away to learn how live 30 miles from where I grew up.” “Bloom where you have been planted.” “Don’t give hand outs, Give Hand Ups.”
- 38. • What if one person…
Editor's Notes
- Two Thirds are from preventable causes
- In approximately 2 months, every child in Indiana k-12 schools would be dead. (1,123,000 / 19,000)
- Two Thirds are from preventable causes
- Such statistics help us get a glimpse of Great Need
- If all Doctors and Dentists were to leave the U.S., they could only attend to about 5% of the world-wide needs
- Consider the opportunity to connect students with the needs of others.We have seen past trends to use entertainment and games as forms of motivation for learningLet us consider the Compassion ComponentIf Students knew that their academic efforts could save lives of others, then ……image the powerWe have great resources in our classrooms - what if we could link these resources with those serving over-seas to help the needy?
- Refurbishes computer and re-sells to community al low cost. Also train area youth in repair and service.
- With great need, we must consider our resources and discover the opportunities
- Current IT opening – 3 month minimum time committment
- School has been given 70 laptops to their school and could use integration guidance and tech support
- Daughter Britney sponsored a child and 3 years later died. Dad went to meet the little girl and started to help.
- Packaging nutritional meals
- Hand powered carts for the disabled
- Free text books
- During this 45 minute session, over 590 children died world-wide, from preventable causes