Technology Journal Blog 5/6

The Negroponte $100 One Laptop per child initiative is one that wants to provide students poor and lower income students an opportunity to get an inexpensive laptop. The idea though is not to provide laptops just to provide them. They are meant to help better educate students around the world. I think these computers would be great in a school that has Internet capabilities and other technology to supplement them.

However, I believe there are a couple problems with this initiative. The first problem I see is providing an Internet source for the computers. Its all good in theory that the students have Internet capabilities. But if they do not have access at home, how can the computer benefit them outside of school? There also has to be a way to educate the people on how to use these computers. This is my second concern with the initiative. How will people, who know little about technology, use their computers to educate themselves?

I think the program is a good start but there has to be more outside involvement besides just giving people computers. There should be workers to help the people use their computers. Also, there has to be a way to provide Internet sources to people in technology-lacking areas so they can maximize their learning with the computers.