The One Laptop Per Child Campaign
Remember these cumbersome creatures?!
Ah, the old-school days of DOS operating systems and lets not forget– Oregon Trail! Times have changed just a wee bit.
Have you seen the fancy-do-da computers kids are using these days? Check out this puppy:
. . .SHIZAAM!
Gee whiz! Who’da think that a mere few years later, and we’d be operating computer systems that look like. . .lunar space crafts??
But get this—
Thanks to the ‘One Laptop Per Child’ project these neato gadgets are in the hands of children in third world and developing countries!
The objective: to equip disadvantaged children with a low cost, efficient, and ecological tool to access information and educational content.
It’s a brilliant idea!
Knowledge is a catalyst by which we progress and develop—right? And it is only through learning that this can be achieved– right?
So by providing children with the means to access knowledge—we facilitate an indispensable resource for developing countries: children that are educated and empowered!
Amen.
But you don’t have to join a campaign to encourage and promote learning for poor or disadvantaged children. Consider donating old items from around your house to your local foster care, day-care, or after-school fascilities. They’d love you!
Items that I found in and around my convoluted labyrinth of a closet:
-Educational books/cds/dvds
-Old National Geographics (I had to rip out and censor a few pages)
-Old dictionaries
-Interactive Learning CD-ROMs
-A World Map puzzle
-Learn Japanese (I never got too far)
What do you have around your house? We’d love to hear some of your ideas. . !
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