Solving Problems with the Lean, Green, Children's Machine
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Sameer Verma is a professor at San Francisco State University who presents on the topic of the Lean, Green, Children's Machine. He discusses how the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative aims to empower the world's poorest children through education by providing each child with a low-cost connected laptop. OLPC has distributed over 2.2 million laptops to children in over 40 countries speaking 30+ languages to engage children in their own education and help them learn, share, and create together.
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Solving Problems with the Lean, Green, Children's Machine
- 1. Solving Problems with the Lean, Green, Children's Machine Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor Information Systems Department San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132 USA Presentation: Singularity University http://slideshare.net/sverma 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
- 6. Fun take things apart :-)
- 7. context
- 10. Mira and Maya
- 11. July 2007 The geek in me is delighted!
- 12. OLPC San Francisco de facto organizer
- 13. OLPC
- 14. 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.
- 15. Worldwide 40+ countries, 30+ languages, 2.2+ million laptops, 350+ applications
- 16. Where no computers have gone before...
- 17. School Galadima, Abuja City, Nigeria See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Galadima
- 18. Samkha village located in the suburbs of northern Thailand See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha
- 19. Khairat school is India's pilot site. See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India
- 22. Afghanistan refugee camp, Pakistan http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pakistan/Atlas_School
- 31. Australia Australia. See http://laptop.org.au
- 32. West Bank, Palestine. UN Relief and Works Agency See http://laptop.org/en/children/countries/mideast.shtml
- 33. Deployments worldwide 2.2 million + See Google Maps Also see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Property:Number_of_manufactured_laptops
- 34. Sugar http://sugarlabs.org “A thing to think with.” “Learning learning.”
- 35. Browse
- 36. Physics
- 37. TurtleArt
- 39. Measure
- 40. Journal
- 41. Reflection
- 42. OLPC vs olpc
- 44. OLPC San Francisco Afghanistan Armenia Haiti Honduras India Jamaica Madagascar Pakistan Philippines Senegal http://olpcsf.org South Africa Uganda Tuva San Francisco
- 45. I work directly with... Afghanistan Armenia Haiti Honduras India Jamaica Madagascar Pakistan Philippines Senegal http://olpcsf.org South Africa Uganda Tuva San Francisco
- 46. Challenges Cost Electricity Network Language Repair Maintenance Theft Cultural Impact Curriculum … ...
- 47. Education Technology Outreach
- 48. Education Technology Outreach
- 49. Education Technology Outreach
- 50. Education Technology Outreach
- 51. Education Technology Outreach
- 52. 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