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| One Laptop per Child |
During the Renaissance a return to Latin helped empower the common man through rhetoric. A certain parallel can be seen to our day with the Digital Renaissance we find ourselves swept up in. The program
One Laptop per Child is a great example of this empowerment in our day. The communication and educational tools that would be provided by these laptop could empower the world's children to change the world they grow up in, and the way they grow up in it.
I agree that this project has wonderful benefits to children around the world. Yet I wonder if this empowerment could lead to entitlement of the next generation in regards to technology?
ReplyDeleteWell Kristi, as viable as that possibility could be, I don't believe that we should automatically assume the worst of human nature, and say that power automatically corrupts. I think that this is something these children need to help them build better lives for them and for their families. People have an amazing capacity for humility even with blessings.
ReplyDeleteSome countries are going to have to get reliable electricity first...spoken from experience. It is wonderful to contemplate the effect such world access would have on some of the Nigerian village schools we visited.
ReplyDeleteI think that the laptops are designed to run without electricity, which is one of the benefits, especially in third world countries. But it is true that giving them accessories like this seems a little like it should be farther down the list than the basics like electricity and running water.
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