by Joe Makley
Today, October 15, 2008, is a day that bloggers around the world have been asked to speak on poverty, (to "
shake the web," actually.) In this forum, we often hear reference to the flattening and equalizing effects of technology access in education, and I can say I have seen it first hand, in Maine, where more than one low income MLTI student has blossomed after receiving his/her 1-1 device. The OLPC program, even in its reduced form, is making great headway, especially in parts of
South America. Sites like
Kiva really show the muscle of the read-write web for social change. Is anyone currently operating a classroom project using Kiva?
