My Ted Talk this week is by a guy named Nicholas Negroponte: The vision behind one laptop per child. I choose this one because I thought it tied in with what we have been learning so far. The internet and education and also creativity.
He included a few slides with his presentation so some of this information is directly from him. The basic principles of the project is that
1. Children are our most precious natural resource
2. The solution to poverty, peace, and environment is education
3. Teaching is one but not the only way to achieve learning
A big point he wanted to get across was this is not a laptop project it is an education project. It is a non-profit organization that has so far raised 20 million dollars in funding.
His number one rule is scale. He doesn't want a few laptops going here or there he is talking about millions. The plan is for 7-10 million in 2007 and 100-200 million in 2008.
There are 7 countries that are the first targets for this project.
*China
*India
*Thailand
*Egypt
*Nigeria
*Brazil
*Argentina
Another big point in this project is the labtops are going to be made for only $100 dollars. The cost for the children is nothing. They are very versatile and have many purposes.
I can't imagine what this is going to do for these countries in the future. Most of these children have never heard of a computer before and now there towns and villages will have networks. This opens up so many opportunities for these kids to advance and make a life for themselves.
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