the goal

     image of $100 laptop

world

     5.8 Billion (1998), about 6.4 Billion (2006)
     poverty - < $2 / day
     some key items (not verified)

     http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp

     meaning of first, second, and third world
     key issues
     drinking water
     routine health problems: diarrhea
     AIDS
     telephones / electricity

computers

     would getting computers into the hands of impoverished people/
        children help lift them out of poverty?
     backward /less developed / developing / third world

what goes into a PC

     CPU - Very Large Scale Integrated circuit
     Moore's law
     RAM memory
     Hard (rotating magnetic media) or flash disk
     keyboard
     display
        color versus black and white
        use of a TV
     royalty issues: the Chinese experience

the apparent conflict

     phones to avoid full and relatively expensive sized screen
     hand cranked computers with peer to peer networking
     Microsoft's ulterior motives
     role of Linux

Negroponte

     background: MIT Media Lab
     recently stepped down to devote full time to one laptop per child
     http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
     not for individual sale - to be bought by governments
     two types of displays: regular and higher resolution sun powered

laptops more generally

     how used
     tablet PC and e-books?
     Origami (in honor of Jeanine)
     theft?
     pencil analogy

learning theories

     Piaget
     Papert - LOGO