Inlab+assignments

In-Lab assignment 1:

Changecamp is a platform where people are free to express their ideas so as to change the world in a positive way. It is a way of leading our future to a better form of social living which is socially web enabled. It brings together citizens, civic institutions and many more to address their views and make a difference.

One of the projects I am interested in is the digital divide. Many people in developing countries such as Africa, India and many more countries do not have internet access or computer access. On the other hand there are families in many other parts of the world who might have three- four laptops at home. Availability of laptops/pcs should be cheaply available for third world countries. These countries lack the resources and thus are unable to rise up to a level where they can interact with the world around. In a world like ours where the web is not only digitalised but is a social web, people interact with one another in different ways and means, there lies a market segment which is not exposed to the internet. These people do not interact with the world around.

This difference has come about even in educating the youth in third world countries. There is an information gap between the developed and the developing countries. There should be a way to get around this because as the days pass by the gap has been increasing. The youth is the future for every country and thus the knowledge gap can also be a reason for a major financial gap between different nations in the years to come. Measures to curb digital divide have been taken such as the [|One Child Laptop] but many other measures should also be taken.

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