After reading the Edutopia interview I was very inspirered. I have recently read a book titled, "Three Cups of Tea". The book is a nonfiction and the story of Greg Mortenson's life. He is traveling throught Afganistan building one school at a time. His goal is to bring education to people who either have none, or only have Taliban schools which concentrate on building the Taliban (of course). He is now the CEO of the CAI and I think has a great deal to teach all of us.
Anyway, I truly believe that education is the answer to world peace. (I happen to be an obsolute optimist that does believe in world peace, by the way.)
However, I worry about the individual freedoms of all of these children. Would they really have the freedom to become a buisness inovator for/with their parents and come out of poverty? Do they have the freedom to read all that is out there, make their own judgements and conclusions and discuss those possibilities without being punished or worse by their government, rebels, or extremists? I know this blog goes a little beyond my classroom (to say the least), but I don't know how we can insure that the students/children who receive these laptops have the real opportunity/freedom to be educated.