Hi Bonnie I think it is an great to produce computer at that price, but I also think if the manufactures wanted to refurbish computer would be better for the poor people and environment do you think?
Telecentro Trajetoria Mundial http://spaces.msn.com/telecentrotrajetoria/ EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA DE QUALIDADE PARA TODOS EU POSSO. VOCÊ PODE. NÓS PODEMOS. ...contribuir para garantir uma educação básica de qualidade para todos. <@>55-81-3231-4233 work 55-81-88015463 mobile ---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:23:35 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: > Subject: [DDN] Nicholas Negroponte- ISTE NECC Speech- Teachers and Technology > > > In a message dated 7/17/06 7:15:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > This is all awesome and you are truly heading in fantastic directions - but > > the context of discussion is $100 laptops distributed to school students in > > less developed countries. I doubt that most of these kids (or their > > teachers) will be diving into nanotechnology or the Lucas Foundation on > > first receipt and comprehension of a hand-crank laptop. I also doubt the > > proposed Wifi mesh network will eventuate within decades if at all (I live > > in rural Australia where we have had WiFi and Mesh technologies for more > > than a decade, yet the reality of coverage extending beyond 1 or 2% of the > > landmass is still just a pipe-dream - the vast majority of Negroponte's > > machines will be offline tools, not online - hence the relevance or > > otherwise of online content will be meaningless to these kids and their > > teachers for many years to come. > > > > Cheers, Don > > > > I am not hedging on just that machine. There are other devices and machines > in the works. My friend Dave Hughes knows how to set up wonderful sets of > infrastructure. And there is satellite. At this point we don't know the > reality of > the use of that machine, but we do know that it will create competition. ( > the > more the merrier...) > > Don, I ofthen work where there is dialup and I work where there is not much > of anything .I know that there are uneven resources and that is the work that > I > do. I have never worked in rural Australia, but I have worked with Wendy Pye > in New Zealand, in the beehive and in Maori schools. I think the point is > that > we have to help and extend a hand to people at whatever level that they are > involved in. I will privately send you or anyone else who wants a copy of it > the ICT book from the UN. > > I am doing a presentation for the AAAS in February a ninety minute symposium > on Education in the developing countries and the global science web. I have > just returned from Bad Bokelo, in the Netherlands after working with a > wonderful > group of teachers from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, the Gambia, South Africa, > Zambia, Cameroons, Latvia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Macedonia, Canada, > Argentina, > Egypt and so on, I have left out some of the countries, but I learned a long > time ago that we have to help people at their level of connectivity. > > I have three people who have helped me to make connections around the globe > Claude Almansi, Heba Ramzy, and Shafika Issacs Barden.. I don't often mention > Andy, but he knows that I questioned him about the digital divide and what > was > the difference nationally and or internationally. He makes me think and the > contacts here on the listserv help me frame ideas and solutions. > > I don't know all of the tech that Andy knows, but I realized that we are > after the same goals we just have skills in different areas. Teachers love > this > listserv. > > There are many similarities in areas of need. Sometimes countries leapfrog > using technology. I have a friend who helped to create wireless > infrastructure > in Mongolia. > > What we do is build and learn and understand what is possible and that is why > I call it a learning landscape. Working in a school on my own with little > technology was how I learned about computers. > Working with other teachers on the Global Teenager Project, [EMAIL > PROTECTED], Global > Schoolhouse, or Thinkquest is a way to include global participation using > whatever level of technology people have. > > One of the sites that I recently judged in Africa in the Thinkquest program > was that of a student who biked 14 miles both ways when he had to upload > information from his site to a school in San Diego. > > Some of the schools that I work with in Global Teenager Project don't have > connectivity at all. The teacher uploads , and downloads the resources acting > as > mailman or woman. We do what we have to to make it work. I will send you the > book separately. > > I don't make fun of teachers or the level of technology that anyone has. I > have been there. > > Bonnie Bracey Sutton > bbracey at aol com > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. _________________________________________________________________ Try Live.com - your fast, personalized homepage with all the things you care about in one place. http://www.live.com/getstarted _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
