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Case Study
Our group decided to do the Digital Divide in the Guang Xi province. There has been help there from different organizations, but they have worked a few schools, but not all of the children have been getting the same chance as some of the other people. With the help of the other people we can people that need the help.
 * Topic**


 * Statistics**

4 in 1,000 people in Asia have a personal computer. - Bridge the Digital Divide The United States and Canada have more internet users than Asia, Africa, and Latin America combined. - Bridges.org 80 percent of the world has mobile phone coverage, but only 25 percent of people are taking advantage of it. - BBC News 1 in 2 Americans in online; 1 in 250 Africans has internet access. - Bridges.org


 * Organizations**

NICEF and NCET

UNICEF and NCET, Natinal Center of Educational Technology, have been working in the Guang Xi province by providing 40 computers to the Xinjing Center Elementary School. 10 out of the 40 computer that were provided has internet access that are being used for different reasons. The computers were not all used for studying but for also different purposes. Children in the school may chat with children living in the urban areas that have taken technology for granted. The urban children are learning from rural children's that are getting deprived of the right of using the technology. The Chinese government has also tried to take action in reducing the digital divide.

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NCTP NCTP, National Center of Technology Planning, is a great organization that has helped us form our action plan. They have openly shared their experience with us through the internet. They may not be as big and UNICEF, but they have experience in the area of technology planning. They have three actions that they do to decrease the digital divide 1) Collect 2) Disseminate/Spread 3) Help. Our action plan was formed with the tips that they gave to make a successful action plan.

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We will help buy collecting money from people and send them to the different organizations that will help the people in need. Because their actions in the area are already over we have decided to take their experience and to help the Guang Xi province. Because we are not capable of giving the items to an already finished group, we have decided to tag a long with OLPC, one laptop per child. The OLPC is a group that will take opinions and donations from people to give the areas that they want people to give the donations to.
 * What Are They Doing?** [[image:file:clip_image001.gif width="665" height="95" link="http://www.nctp.com/index.cfm"]]