technology of peace - child builds computer, computer grows with child

Child Makes ComputerComputer grows with the child

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Consumerism

Digital culturewhat is the language you need to know to become part of digital culture?• Adapting to Online-Centric Lives• A Decline in Socialization• Digital culture is rewiring our brains• Fact Finding Isn’t Learning• digital divide is an economic and social

inequality with regard to access to, use of,

or impact of information and communication

technologies (ICT)

From consumer to ProsumerProsumer= Producer + Consumer

Build the computer:Add keyboard, mouse, monitor and electric charger Computer loaded with software & content → ready to:

• Work online & offline

• Use with programs like Libre Office, Browser • Learn software languages like Scratch, python...• Read/Write/publish Content: Wikipedia, Websites….

• Connect electronic devices: sensors, leds, engines...

ABC → Word → Sentence → Story Around traffic lights

Creative computing with Scratch: traffic light,Make games, animations, comics...

Build a traffic light

Electric circuit: turn on leds

A B C → Word → Sentence → Story From digits to Score of football...

Creating a sentence or a story like:

Displays the temperature of the room

Irrigation system using Arduino & humidity sensor

Turn old TV to Malinux TELE including Raspberry PI & content used offline/online

Turn old printer into a Wireless network printer

From Computer Lab to Maker Room

Goals

Start making electronic open source devices with Arduino controller and linux based subcomputers (Raspberry)

Learn computer & Internet related skills: Office, web browser, Search Engines

Learn open source programming - Scratch,Python...Create a TOP center where users can learn & apply solutions to

authentic problems as well as develop and share their own solutions

Self + social + spiritual + simple = Sustainability

Future + Past = Present

Connectedness: Leadership School for Doers and Dreamers

A paradigm shift can only start with leadership that moves from the ME culture to the WE culture; from the Consumer mindset to the Prosumer mindset.These leaders choose to abandon the role of victim to live the solution, rather than fight the problem.They create the right conditions for each member of the community to discover and reveal his and her talents, abilities, and inner strengths.

An attitude change starting with self-leadership that

grows inwardly and outwardly at same time,

connecting the head, heart, and hands with:

• Low tech and High tech

• Soil and soul

• Doing and learning

• Art and science

• Individual and community

Ownership of the problem = ownership of the

solution, and leads to:

• Purpose and process

• Creativity and community

• Value and evaluation

• Ability and responsibility

• Connecting diverse people from all walks of life

What if you could reach a site where you could not only watch a series of TED-type videos about real life challenges, but also get a comprehensive explanation about how to solve the problem? (similar to instructables.com)

At TOP you get:• A holistic approach to the solution )economic & social/environmental)• An explanation about how to solve the problem, comprising multimedia illustrations (photos, clips),

text, and open source software, if necessary• A list of the makers/inventors involved in the creation of the solution with whom you can

communicate directly• The opportunity to learn, contribute, apply and/or modify the existing solutions, and show us new

challenges

This is what TOP – Technology Of Peace –that Transform Our Problem

Developing and Sharing Technology for the Wellbeing of the People of the World

and Mother Nature

The Israeli team

Eyal Bloch:Keashurim Social-Educational-Business entrepreneurship, Co-founder of Education for sustainability

Philippe Scheimann:Entrepreneur and consultant, founded Steve’s Garage, a network of classes for youth and adults around electronics (Arduino), software (Scratch), design and sustainability.

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