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Digital Divide: Hum. IK

Power Point Outline
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Slide ___: : How is this issue affecting the world? __ Slide _: Why is this issue a global one? What is the main problem? :  Slide ___: What is being done to stop, prevent or fix this issue?__ =__Part 2__=
 * Affects many people
 * Technology is necessary in today’s world
 * This is a cause of poverty and by helping with this we are helping the impoverished people remove themselves at least in part from the burden of poverty.
 * It makes rich people richer and poor people poorer.
 * Denies many people the ability to connect with the outside world or further their education.
 * ** Many groups have been formed **
 * ** Money has been raised to provide schools and other groups or people with technologies like computer. **
 * ** Technology has been donated to the victims of the digital divide **

Slide_ Images that help depict (show) your topic. (Write down the image description and what slide it is on- these should be throughout this section): http://flickr.com/photos/1village/2860819784/ http://flickr.com/photos/1village/2860819784/ [|http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/programs/digitaldivide/Tanzania8-01(MCW)1.jpg] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XO_with_Internet_connection_OLPC.JPG http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/img/digital_divide_categorypic.png Slide ___: Background on your specific area; this should include specific statistics and quotes on your topic.__ We are currently working on helping the underprivilege students in Uganda. More than 2 billion people in the world live in a remote that do not have access to computers, television to connect them with the outside world and Uganda is one of them. By providing them with technology, they can gain more knowledge and go out of their village- to a modern world. They can also help improve the world or even help the village get up to today's modern world! Our organization will raise money and donate to organizations like Inveneo, Computers 4 Africa( they are holding a event that lets adult go to Uganda(not for free) to help the people set up computers(58 SCHOOLS!!!) and hold workshop go to: (http://www.computers4africa.org/pdfs/cfa-trip-announce-2009.pdf) for more details) anyway, Inveneo believe to connect those who need education most: "connecting those who need it most" -Inveneo Slide _: Why did you choose this topic? (The reason goes behind a bit of history. When we started out this project, we had to scissors-paper-rock to decide which issue we would work on. Megan wanted to do Poverty, Jessendray wanted International labor and migration rules and lastly, Noah wanted Digital Divide. In the end, Noah won the game of rock-paper-scissor shoot and we chose Digital Divide. But. Guess we aren’t suppose to put that down.) Anyway, the real reason is because not many people acknowledge this global issue. Although it may not seem serious, it is but not many people are willing to help so we decided to do it. Slide ___: Links to You Tubes and/or videos related to your topic. List them here.__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHHPOzUNas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcboST0evqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cf3mQM0aXI Slide _: What organization is working on this issue that you chose to focus on? The organization is: [|Inveneo]

Other oragnizations are: [|Geekcorps] [|One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc.] [|Close the Gap] [|computers for africa] [|Technology Access Foundation]

Slide ___: What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change the issue?__ They are using:
 * Ultra low-power computers and servers
 * Long-distance wireless (WiFi) Local-Area Networking (LAN) gear
 * VoIP telephony software and integrated hardware
 * Free and Open source operating systems for servers and desktops

These items is very functional as well as affordable. Slide _: What are some of the things you like about their program? Their plans are well thought out, affordable and efficient and they had succeeded before so it is easier to trust that they will succeed again. They also hold events to raise money.

=Part Three: Interactive Activity=

Slide _ __– Overall Idea__ without technology it can be very difficult to preform everyday tasks. __Slide__ __- Directions T__wo people stand at opposite sides of the room and attempt to have a conversation without raising their voice.
 * Checking the news
 * writing an essay for school
 * phoning a friend

__Slide__ _- Directions Two other people stand next to each other and have a conversation. Which conversation was easier? Questions: 1. What town were you born in? 2. How many siblings do you have? 3. What type of animal do have in your home? 4. What's your favorite color? 5. What's your hobby AND food?

Slide ___: What is your organization (name of your group)?__ **Smile **  Slide _: What is the aim or purpose- Why are you doing this action? We are doing this because in today’s modern world, technology has become necessary to succeed in nearly every type of job or position that pays significantly above minimum wage.

Slide : The message- Why should people be informed about this issue? They should know because this is a global issue and so more people could donate their old/used computers to them instead of throwing them away in the junkyard. If more people actually concede to donate technology then more people will be able to push their way out of poverty. These people will know firsthand how serious of an issue the digital divide has become and may donate technology of their own to the cause and inform the public of the situation. Of course this will happen whether we inform people or not but the more people we tell the faster this change will happen. Slide ___: What is a short-term plan for achieving your goal (keep it simple and don’t be too ambitious- again make sure you CAN actually do this)?__ We plan to first raise awareness about our global issue by making posters and flyers. Then, we organize fund-raising activities like a bake sale and then we donate to organizations such as One Laptop per Child, Inveneo and Geekcorps which donates used or old educational technology devices to children in Uganda. Slide _: What is a long-term plan for achieving your goal? After raising the money, we donate them and computers or other education digital devices (if we got any) to Inveneo. Then, We will TRY to get volunteers from Uganda. After we improve the technology in a school located in Uganda we will move on to another school and so on. Slide ___: What information does your Wiki contain to let people know about this?__ We have the background information on our issue and also included some other organizations that could be helpful. Also, we have a list of ways on how you can help and how you can participate in these organizations. Slide _: Make a list of organizations/petitions that people can join to get involved in this issue. l ** Inveneo: ** this organization is striving to provide cable and WiFi (wireless internet), LAN and low power servers. They accept both technology stuff and donations. http://www.inveneo.org/ l **InterConnection:** this organization actually only takes in technology stuff like computers (both desktop and laptop), monitors, printers, scanners, ink cartridges, keyboards, mice, power cables, wires, memory/hard drives, small speakers etc. regardless of whether they are or are not in working condition. They are also willing to train volunteers (if you volunteer you’ll get a free computer actually. [|http://www.interconnection.org]  l  ** Computers4Africa: ** this organization has a lot of interesting projects, actually. For example: they are working on a project that is called Mouse on a Mission. In there, you will donate a mouse that will go to Africa and Asia. This organization also accepts financial contribution and also bubble wrap, packing peanuts, shipping boxes (they sure are weird enough to accept these weird-o stuff) and computers. But unlike InterConnection they do not accept unusable computers. volunteers can go to Omaha, Nebraska where you will do volunteer jobs: Test PCs load OS and ghost new image Test monitors (a non-technical job) Sort, clean and bubble wrap keyboards Sort, clean and band mice Cut 120V plugs off power cords and band Stuff peripheral bags Assemble and tape boxes Fill boxes with peanuts and refurbished PC systems Stack and shrink wrap completed boxes on pallets. Move pallets Label boxes with content, community name, and notices Load a 40-foot shipping container with 600 boxes Set up work space prior to event

http://www.computers4africa.org/ Slide ___: Reflect on how your action plan is going? What have you done already, how have you modified it and/or what is your time line?__ So far, in our action plan, we have done some things like making the posters but we are planning to discuss how we would raise money and get donations next. Slide _: Why is this important? Why should you care about this and work towards solving this topic? This is important as if nobody does anything about this issue, no one will, actually. This is because although digital divide is a global issue, not many people acknowledge it. The people in the area where we are going to try to help actually treats technology as a luxury with so many issues such as sanitation, clean water, poverty, diseases, illiteracy, etc. They don’t know if they understand how to use technology, it could save them so much trouble. Slide : Why should other people do something? The first reason is because it is a global issue. People should also know about digital divide as it can clear up with a lot of other issues in the world like poverty and illiteracy. The entire African continent - home to over 50 countries - has fewer Internet users than France alone. Also, the disparity between the USA and East Africa is enormous. There are only six computers per 1000 people in East Africa. Thirteen people in 1,000 are connected to the Internet. The average wage is less than $2 per day. Do you know that each year, 30 million computers are thrown away in the Untied States where they are sent to China and India where they will rot and harm the environment? That amount of computers could have helped many people in rural areas like Uganda. Uganda is one of the countries in Africa that suffer worst from digital divide. If digital divide was solved, then we won’t have to worry about communication and educational problems as the internet these days can do a lot of things. Slide ___: Make sure to leave them thinking and inspired to do something themselves!__ Hey Everybody. We come to the end of this presentation on digital divide. You currently now know mostly everything about our global issue. Think of all those Ugandan children out there and compare them towards yourself and I hope you feel much more empathy towards them. So here, we encourage you to help by donating your old or used computers or technology stuff or volunteer or donate some of you money to some of the organizations we just mentioned. And we hope now that every time you think of throwing away your computer and all your technology stuff to get a big spring clean, think about those pitiful Ugandan people again and give them your unwanted computer instead. Thank you for listening. Make sure to cite all of your sources, including photos. Slide __ Background Informationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide Organizations [|Geekcorps] [|Inveneo] [|One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc.] [|Close the Gap] http://www.techaccess.org/ [|http://www.computers4africa.org] http://dgss.wsu.edu/di/ Articles [|South Africa compares Digital Divide to apartheid] [|Africa Goes Online] [|Digital Divide Grows with Web Use] [|http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Allan_Rwakatungu] [|Learning to bridge the Digital Divide] http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/manuals/gender/africa/gender-digital-divide-francophone-africa-harsh-reaitvibe.com/news/4431/ [|www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ncomputing-Inc-770193.html] Statistics http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/newsroom/stats/ Photos http://flickr.com/photos/1village/2860819784/ http://flickr.com/photos/1village/2860819784/ [|http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/programs/digitaldivide/Tanzania8-01(MCW)1.jpg] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XO_with_Internet_connection_OLPC.JPG http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/img/digital_divide_categorypic.png Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cf3mQM0aXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcboST0evqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHHPOzUNas
 * Part Four: Conclusion **
 * Part Five: Works Cited **

Digital Divide HUM. IK