By: Megan, Jessendra, Noah

• First let’s ask all you what do you know about digital divide.

• (by the way, you’re not supposed to answer if you are a student.)

• Raise your hands if you know something about Digital Divide.

• Affects many people • Only getting worse • The need for technolo

gy in this world is very important

• This affects other global issues like poverty and illiteracy

• Look at these equations:

Digital Divide= Rich + $

Digital Divide= Poor - $

Digital Divide=

Poor people – connection to outer world – further education.

• THAT is why Digital Divide is an important global issue.

• 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

Background Information• Uganda has a population of around 31,367,972

people

• Only 2,000,000 of these people are internet users

• That’s only 6.4% of Uganda's population leaving it as only 64th on Wikipedia's list of the worlds top internet users.

More Information

Why did we choose this Topic?Why did we choose this Topic?

• Digital Divide is keeping the poor from getting out of poverty

• Not many people realize the seriousness of Digital Divide

• This is the one issue that needs to be publicized the most

Media• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHHPOzUN

as

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcboST0evqE

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cf3mQM0aXI

• http://www.telecentre.org/video/bridging-the-digital-divide-in

Other Groups and Organizations

• We are focusing on aiding the group called:

Inveneo

• Some other groups include:

Close the Gap Computers for Africa Technology access Foundation

InterConnection

What are they Doing?

Inveneo is providing functional and affordable equipment to the people of Uganda. Some examples are listed here:

• Ultra low-power computers and servers

• Long-distance wireless (Wi-Fi) Local-Area Networking (LAN) gear

• VoIP telephony software and integrated hardware

• Free and Open source operating systems for servers and desktops

Why Did We Choose This Organization?

• Affordable and well thought out

• We trust them

• They hold charity events that are designed to let many people participate

Without technology many things become more difficult

Think about these without technology

• Checking the News

• Phoning a friend

• Writing an essay

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY TIME

Interactive Activity

• Get into groups of two

• Have both of you stand at opposite ends of the room

• Without raising your voices find out the birthday, birthplace, and pet(if any) of your partner

Interactive Activity Reflection

• Now repeat the exercise while standing next to each other

• Which one was easier?

• How do you think such a lack of communication would effect your daily lives

Quotes• "We're changing the world with technology.

“

-Bill Gates

• "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.“

-Isaac Asimov

• “An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.”

-Prof. Muhammad Yunus

Our Short-Term Plan

• Raise awareness about our global issue by making posters and flyers.

• Organize fund-raising activities like a bake sale to donate to the organizations we chose

Our Long-Term Plan

• Donate the money we raise, and the computers we got to Inveneo.

• TRY to get volunteers from Uganda to teach them how to use the computers.

• After we improve the technology in a school located in Uganda we will move on to another school and so on.

GO TO OUR WIKI!

• Background information on our issue

• Other organizations that could be helpful

• List of ways on how you can help and

• How you can participate in these organizations.

• Our wiki: http://global-community09.wikispaces.com/Hum2+Group4

Other Organizations

• InterConnection:

- Only takes in technology stuff like computers monitors, printers, scanners, ink cartridges, keyboards, mice, power cables, wires, memory/hard drives, small speakers etc.

- They train volunteers to teach the kids how to use the computer.

http://www.interconnection.org

• Computers4Africa: -They are working on a project that gives donat

ed mouse to Africa and Asia

-You can donate money, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, shipping boxes and computers!

-Volunteers can go to Omaha, Nebraska where you will do volunteer jobs

http://www.computers4africa.org/

What have we done so far?

• Raise Awareness by creating posters

• Collected money from the cookie baking project.

• Collected wires, and other devices, and donating them

Why should you and we care• Not many people know about Digital Divid

e

• So that makes it our duty to inform people

• It is treated as a luxury but is actually more of an essential

• It could help Uganda communicate with the world

Why should you do something about this issue

• It is a global issue concerning us too

• It is connected to poverty and illiteracy

• Africa (the whole continent) has fewer Internet users that France

• 13/1000 are connected to the Internet

• East Africa- 6 computers per 1000 people

• Average wage- $2 (not enough for a computer or a telephone definitely)

• Uganda- one of the worst countries suffering from digital divide

Worksite Background Information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide

OrganizationsGeekcorpsInveneoOne Laptop Per Child Association, Inc.Close the Gaphttp://www.techaccess.org/http://www.computers4africa.orghttp://dgss.wsu.edu/di/ArticlesSouth Africa compares Digital Divide to apartheidAfrica Goes OnlineDigital Divide Grows with Web Usehttp://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Allan_RwakatunguLearning to bridge the Digital Dividehttp://www.apc.org/en/pubs/manuals/gender/africa/gender-digital-divide-francophone-africa-harsh-reaitvibe.com/news/4431/

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and our brains :D