Using Computers to Instigate Social Change 

Article:  

One Laptop for Every Niuean Child  

 BBC News - Friday, 22 August 2008

 - One Laptop Per Child Program

- 100% children ages 6-12 posses a $100 laptop in Niue (South Pacific island)

- 2003: Niue started providing free wireless access to all inhabitants

One Laptop Per Child

- $100 laptop

- specifications fit for rugged environment

- provide a means of education in lower economically developed countries

- social change through technology

Discussion Questions:

- Is the OLPC mission accomplishable?

- Is it more valuable for children to be taught how to use a computer or to learn skills to make them more beneficial to their society?

- Is learning on a laptop more suitable than traditional methods, particularly in lower economically developed countries?

- To what extent is understanding computers necessary to success in today's world? 

- Would you donate money to this organization?