This document summarizes a presentation by Sameer Verma on social justice and equity through information. It discusses how free and open source software can help increase access to information for underserved communities and reduce the digital divide. It provides examples of how One Laptop Per Child is working to provide low-cost laptops and educational resources to children in over 40 countries worldwide, especially in rural areas lacking technology and infrastructure. The presentation emphasizes using technology and information to empower communities and further social justice and equity goals.

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

2. me

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

4. Research
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovative Technologies

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

6. Context

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

8. Rural and Remote
Bhagmalpur (भागमलपुर) village, District Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

9. Children and Learning
Mira and Maya

10. Social Justice
Equity
P Supply Chain C
You are here

11. Going Digital
Books
Music
Movies
Television
…
Conversation

12. Access to Information
Produce Consume
Can the consumer also become the producer?

13. Approximately thirty-five percent of the world is on the Internet
Approximately sixty-five percent of the world is NOT on the Internet

14. Can Free and Open Source Software
ease the flow of information?
P Supply Chain C

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

16. “commons”

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

19. OLPC San Francisco
Founder and Chief Organizer

20. OLPC

21. 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.

22. Worldwide
40+ countries, 30+ languages,
3 million laptops, 350+ applications

23. Where no computers have gone before...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Sugar
http://sugarlabs.org
Can we learn to learn?

42. Browse

43. Physics

44. TurtleArt

45. Scratch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandgal/5827855198/

46. Measure

47. 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, Thai,
Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur,
Translate: Vietnamese, Walloon, Wolof, Yoruba
http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ Approx. 100+ languages

48. http://olpcmap.net

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

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

51. Bhagmalpur,
India

52. August Town,
Jamaica

53. Bulun Bazhy, Tuva

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

55. Solutions?
Bringing OLPC to Campus

56. OLPC and San Francisco State
University

57. On Campus

58. Solar testing

59. In the classroom

60. 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

61. One Laptop per Child San Francisco
Community Summit 2012
Hosted by San Francisco State University
http://olpcsf.org/summit

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

71. Education Technology
Outreach

72. Education Technology
Outreach

73. Education Technology
Outreach

74. Education Technology
Outreach

75. Education Technology
Outreach

76. Begin here
● OLPC: http://laptop.org/
● Mailing lists: http://lists.laptop.org/
● Blogs: http://planet.laptop.org/
● Sugarlabs: http://sugarlabs.org/
● Mailing lists: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
● Blogs: http://planet.sugarlabs.org/
● Activities: http://activities.sugarlabs.org/

77. 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

79. 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/